Kohli was forced to leave captaincy of India: Shoaib Akhtar

Last year, Kohli had stepped down as the T20I captain and then he was removed as the ODI leader as the selectors wanted one skipper for the white-ball format. Kohli then last week stepped down as India's Test captain as well, after leading the side for seven years.

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