It is learnt that head coach Ravi Shastri, who will step down at the end of T20 World Cup, has spoken extensively to him and Kohli will now concentrate on his original endeavour - to surpass the 100 international hundreds scored by Sachin Tendulkar. So, he would remain, is a far-fetched conclusion,' he said. 'If you look at Sourav and Jay's statements, both have congratulated but not a word uttered if he would remain the captain till 2023 ODI World Cup. A senior BCCI official pointed out an interesting aspect of the Board's media release on Thursday. Umesh Yadav, a senior bowler, who is a workhorse on Indian pitches, never gets an answer on why he is not considered till someone gets injured? 'He speaks about communication at media conferences but this is the truth that he has hardly hand-held any player when they needed their captain the most,' another cricketer, who is privy to Kohli's chop-and-change policy, said. Ditto for Rishabh Pant when he wasn't in form. 'Kuldeep Yadav, after a five-wicket haul in Australia, went downhill. When it comes to handling junior players, the biggest complaint against Virat is leaving them in the lurch when the chips are down. He takes the junior players out for meals, gives them a friendly pat on the back when they are down and knows the mental aspects of a player's make-up inside out,' the ex-cricketer said. 'Rohit has shades of MSD but in a different manner. 'Beyond the ground, Kohli is literally incommunicado,' a former India player, who has seen Kohli's early days of captaincy, told PTI during an informal chat. In case of MS (Dhoni), his room would be open 24x7 and players could just walk in, play the PS4, have a meal and let their hair down and if required talk cricket. 'The problem with Virat is his communication. By the time, Kohli rejoined the India set-up during the home series against England, he knew that the youngsters, who came of age, had empowered themselves with solid individual performances. No one would say this openly but players felt more united than ever and were in a very happy space when they rallied to beat a full-strength Australia (unlike 2018-19), including a fabulous drawn game. But the 36 all out and his subsequent paternity break changed a lot of things. He did enjoy supreme authority before the Adelaide Test against Australia earlier this year. More recently, in the Test series against England, the decision to bench world's No.1 off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did stick out like a sore thumb even though India led 2-1. Virat Kohli has led India to some memorable wins in the shortest format of the game and while he is set to step down as T20I skipper after the ICC T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman, let's take a look at some thrilling victories under his leadership.

Five times Virat Kohli led from the front to guide India to memorable wins in T20Is

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