There has been a lot of ruckus in Indian cricket for some time now. The dispute between Indian Test team captain Virat Kohli and BCCI has been going on since then. Now BCCI has again given a big statement about Virat.
BCCI hits back at Kohli
Chetan Sharma said on the captaincy controversy
This statement about Virat
New Delhi: There has been a big ruckus in Indian cricket for some time now. The dispute between Indian Test team captain Virat Kohli and BCCI has been going on since then. Shortly before the BCCI removed Virat from the captaincy of the ODI team. Since then, Virat and BCCI have been continuously accusing each other.
Let us tell you that after the removal of Virat from the captaincy, the BCCI said that the selectors and the Chief Sourav Ganguly himself had stopped Virat when he made up his mind to leave the T20 captaincy. But recently, Virat gave the exact opposite answer and said that nothing like this happened and he was not stopped from leaving the T20 captaincy. But now the BCI has once again retaliated on Virat Kohli.
BCCI hits back at Virat
Refuting Virat Kohli’s statement ahead of his departure for the South Africa tour, selection committee chief Chetan Sharma on Friday said the champion batsman was asked by everyone in the BCCI to continue as the T20 captain. After Kohli relinquished the T20 captaincy, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had said that the board had asked Kohli to reconsider his decision.
Kohli had denied
Kohli later refuted Ganguly’s statement, saying that he had not spoken to the board president and that he was removed from the one-day captaincy after a meeting of the selection committee for the selection of the Test team for the South Africa tour. Was told hours ago. Sharma said on Friday, ‘When the meeting started, it was a surprise to everyone. What will be the reaction to hearing such a thing before the start of the T20 World Cup? Everyone present in the meeting asked him to reconsider his decision to step down from T20 captaincy. It can be talked about after the World Cup.
He said, ‘All the selectors felt at that time that this might affect the performance in the World Cup. Virat was asked to remain the captain of Indian cricket. All the people present in the meeting, including Board President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah, said this. He said, “Members of the selection committee, board officials were all there. Everyone had spoken. The T20 World Cup was around the corner and we didn’t want the decision to affect the team. He took the decision and we respect that. But we all asked him to consider it.
