Former captain Virat Kohli’s luck with ICC trophies was poor at the senior level despite taking India to the No.1 position in all formats of the game.

Kohli led in four ICC tournaments — Champions Trophy 2017, World Cup 2019, World Test Championship 2021 and T20 World Cup 2021 — but failed to achieve any success.

In a RCB podcast, Virat said that even after reaching the semi-final and finals of the ICC tournaments, he has been termed as a “failed captain”.

“Look, you play to win tournaments. I captained in Champions Trophy in 2017 (reached the final), the 2019 World Cup (reached the semi-final), I captained in World Test Championship (reached the final), and T20 World Cup in 2021 (failed to qualify for the knockouts). After four ICC tournaments, I was considered as a failed captain,” he said.

Kohli, who guided the India U-19 team to World Cup glory in 2008, said bringing a cultural change in the team will always be a matter of pride for him.

“I never judged myself from that point of view; what we ended up achieving as a team and as a cultural change that always going to be a matter of pride for me. A tournament happens for a certain period of time but a culture happens over a long period of time and for that, you need consistency for that you need more characters than just winning a tournament,” he said.

“I won a World Cup as a player. I won the Champions Trophy as a player. I have been part of the team that has won five Test maces. If you look at that point of view there have been people, who have never won a World Cup.”

Virat also recalled the 2011 ODI World Cup glory. “To be honest, I was lucky enough to be part of that 2011 team... Sachin Tendulkar was playing in his sixth World Cup, and that was the one he won. I was able to be a part of the team for the first time, and I ended up being part of the winning side.”