Is Virat Kohli the main reason for Babar Azam leaving captaincy? Pakistani media makes a shocking claim

Finally what many cricket fans of Pakistan were waiting for happened. Babar Azam has left ODI and T20 captaincy. Babar Azam was the captain of Pakistan's ODI and T20 team but he has now resigned from this post. Babar Azam announced his resignation from captaincy on social media. But the question here is why did Babar Azam leave the captaincy? PCB did not even ask Babar Azam to leave the captaincy. There are reports that there was talk of keeping Babar Azam as captain till the Champions Trophy but despite this, the player left the captaincy. By the way, Pakistani media claims that Virat Kohli is a big reason for Babar Azam leaving the captaincy.

Babar was persuaded to leave captaincy by taking Virat's name.

Geo News journalist Arfa Firoz Jake claims that Babar Azam was under a lot of pressure after the crushing defeat in the T20 World Cup 2024 and this was the biggest reason for him leaving the captaincy. However, this journalist also claimed that Babar Azam was persuaded by his close friends to leave the captaincy by giving the example of Virat Kohli. Just like Virat Kohli left the captaincy of Team India in 2021, Babar Azam has also taken this decision and now he wants to focus on his game.