IPL 2019: Fans demand Rohit Sharma to take over captaincy for the World Cup after RCB's sixth loss

Virat Kohli – the captain – has always come under the scanner, may it be while playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) or for India. Though his record at the helm at the international level is better when compared to the IPL, many believe that the presence of MS Dhoni plays an important role in his decision making.

When it comes to the IPL though Kohli becomes a pale shadow of himself. He is not having a great record while leading his franchise and in the ongoing season, things have turned worse. RCB is yet to win a game after playing six matches and are on the verge of being knocked out very early in the season.

On the flip side, Rohit Sharma has been brilliant for Mumbai Indians (MI) ever since he has taken over the mantle of the team in 2013. The franchise has won three titles (2013,2015 and 2017) and are also looking a good unit this time around.

Rohit for World Cup?

Apart from this, across all the formats, Virat Kohli has now lost nine consecutive matches as a captain of his team. India lost the last three ODIs against Australia before the IPL and his team RCB has lost all the games so far. Though the captain is only as good as his team, the 30-year-old has made quite a few mistakes while leading his side.

And his form at the helm ahead of the World Cup is worrying the Indian fans. Social media is filled with the demands for him to step down from the Indian captaincy and hand over the job to Rohit Sharma who has enough experience now leading Team India. Rather Rohit has led more often in the last 12 months with the selectors opting to manage Kohli’s workload given he is World’s best batsman.

While everyone knows neither Virat Kohli will step down from the captaincy nor the selectors will remove him as it doesn’t make sense at all. But no one can stop the fans from expressing their views on social media platforms like Twitter.

Here are some of the tweets:

Virat Kohli should Retire With Immediate Effect from Indian Team's Captaincy.

Atleast we can have hope for World Cup.

Rohit Sharma should lead Team India in World Cup

Atleast Virat Kohli will be able to focus on his Batting. 😊

— Alokk Verma (@AlokkVerma75) April 7, 2019

You must appoint @ImRo45 as a Captain for World Cup, else be prepared to loose badly under IMPOTENT captain @imVkohli..
Trust me Kohli can't, he doesnt have Brains#captainrohit

— neeraj (@neeraj26835170) April 9, 2019

@BCCI it's time to appoint @ImRo45 as a captain for world cup, as it will reduce burden from @imVkohli !

— Raunak Biyani (@RaunakBiyani45) April 8, 2019

His Leadership hasn't brought laurels to team india. If he has the power tell BCCI to drop dhoni from world cup.

He Might Be a Good Batsman But It's the truth that he is the worst Captain of Indian cricket history. And the name is @imVkohli.@ImRo45 is 1k times better than him.

— Tony Stark (@im_iron_man__) April 8, 2019

Virat Kohli’s current form in captaincy can harm us during World Cup,no doubt he’s best with the bat but definitely not as a captain, Rohit Sharma can be better option moving into the world cup! Selectors should consider options. #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #WorldCup2019

— Varunraj Nannaware 🇮🇳 (@Varunraj_n) April 8, 2019

Aaj Tak ek bhi trophy nahi Jeet paya. World cup ka badme dekhenge. Pehle ek match Jeet ke dikhao. Nahi to @ImRo45 ko Captain banao.

— Swapnil Fadnis (@swapnil_fadnis) April 8, 2019

We need Rohit sharma as our captain in World cup..
Virat kohli is no doubt a great player but not a great leader…Rohit is a great leader and he proved it many times…After Ganguly it was Dhoni..and after Dhoni it will be Rohit For sure…😍😍😍#SRHvMI

— imhrushi🎓 (@imhrushi45) April 8, 2019

Hopefully we will have @msdhoni to support @imVkohli in the world cup. Or else, we will not even entering the knockout stage. We should allow @imVkohli to focus only on his batting and fielding and ask @ImRo45 to lead the team in WC. He is anytime a better captain. https://t.co/NU7djUwWTs

— Dayananda 🇮🇳 (@hodabatte) April 7, 2019

@imVkohli ur carrier is finished as captain. @BCCI please tell him on face that he cannot LEAD any team in this world. Ask him to step down from World Cup team asvcaptain. @msdhoni @ImRo45 are better replacement. @imVkohli lacks skills for leader, no one has confidence in him.

— Naveen Shetti (@nmshetti) April 7, 2019

Win under-19 world cup and
Lose all seasons in #ipl

Result : Captain of india@imVkohli

Win asia cup
Win 3 titles in #ipl
Win 1 title in #CLT20

Result : Vice captain of india@ImRo45

I rest my case🙏

— ben (@Iamben27) April 7, 2019

After six consecutive loss for RCB's captain @imVkohli, now its question for @BCCI
In @imVkohli Captaincy can Indian will win World Cup? Can he is capable captain for Word Cup? In place of @imVkohli make @ImRo45 as Indian Captain and @msdhoni as vice captain.

— Hetarth shah (@HetarthShah) April 7, 2019

India will be better served with @ImRo45 as captain for the World Cup.@imVkohli is the WROGN captain @BCCI @sanjaymanjrekar @hemalsh32943486

— Imranout Khan (@imranout) April 7, 2019

We need Rohit sharma as our captain in World cup..
Virat kohli is no doubt a great player but not a great leader…Rohit is a great leader and he proved it many times…After Ganguly it was Dhoni..and after Dhoni it will be Rohit For sure..#OneFamily #BCCI #AskStar

— Ravipal (@Ravipal83098561) April 7, 2019

@ImRo45 is far better than @imVkohli in terms of captaincy .. he shud b the captain for world cup 😛😛.

— R.SRINIVAS (@its_srinu) April 6, 2019

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