Virat Kohli vs BCCI: Virat Kohli has publicly rejected Sourav Ganguly’s claim by coming in front of everyone. Ganguly had said in an interview that he had requested Kohli not to give up the captaincy of the team. However, Kohli says that the information about his removal from the captaincy of the ODI team was given only one and a half hours before this decision. Nothing was talked about before him about this.
New Delhi. Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that only Sourav Ganguly can clear the picture on Virat Kohli’s contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy. He said that the BCCI President should be asked how this contradiction came about. After Kohli stepped down as T20 captain, Ganguly had said that the BCCI had asked the star batsman to reconsider the decision. Kohli, however, denied this in the press conference ahead of his departure for the South Africa tour.
Gavaskar said, “Kohli’s statement is probably not for the BCCI. I think the question should be asked to that person as to how Kohli got such a message. Ganguly is the BCCI President and he should be asked why there is this contradiction. Only he will be able to answer about it.” Kohli had also said that the chairman of the selection committee, Chetan Sharma, told him 90 minutes before the team was selected for the tour of South Africa that he was not the captain of the ODI team. Gavaskar said the chairman of the selection committee did not commit any mistake.
Gavaskar said, “What is the controversy here. The chairman of the selection committee clearly told him that he no longer has the ODI captaincy. What’s wrong with that. The selection committee has the right to do so. The captain does not have voting rights. He was told by the chairman of the selection committee that he is no longer the captain. What’s wrong with that. There was a dialogue between the chairman of the selection committee and him and it should be so.”
Gavaskar said that the BCCI should keep a clear communication to avoid such a situation in future. “There should be a clear communication so that there is no speculation. The chairman of the selection committee can tell why who got selected and who was not. Sometimes, even if not required, a press release may be issued in which all the reasons have been given.
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