Chief selector broke silence on Virat Kohli, said- requested not to leave T20 captaincy

Chetan Sharma On Virat Kohli: On Friday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian team for the three-match ODI series against South Africa. Rohit Sharma is not fit, in such a situation, the captaincy has been handed over to KL Rahul. On the other hand, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain. Along with this, after announcing the team, Chief Selector Chetan Sharma broke the silence on the Virat Kohli matter.

Know what Chetan Sharma said on Kohli

After announcing Team India, Chief Selector Chetan Sharma on Virat Kohli said, “Virat Kohli told us about leaving the captaincy before the 2021 T20 World Cup. We all requested him to reconsider this decision. . At that time the team was going to play a big tournament. So we didn’t tell them that there will be only one captain in limited overs cricket.”

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Chief selector told what happened on the phone call

Chetan Sharma further said that the decision to take the captaincy of the ODI team from Virat Kohli was entirely of the selectors. He further said, “I had told about the removal of Virat Kohli from the ODI captaincy 90 minutes before the selection of the Test team. I myself had called him. I had a good talk with Virat Kohli.”

Virat Kohli denied Sourav Ganguly’s claim

Contrary to Sourav Ganguly’s statement, Virat Kohli said that no one had any problem with my decision. No one told me not to give up T20 captaincy. He said, “The first thing I told the BCCI about giving up the T20 captaincy. It was received very well. No one has any problem, I have not been told that you should not give up the captaincy of T20, but my that The decision was appreciated.”

Know what Sourav Ganguly said

In an interview after Virat Kohli was removed as the captain of the ODI team, Dada had said, “We requested Virat Kohli not to step down as T20 captain, but he does not want to continue in this position. Were.” Ganguly had even said that he himself had appealed to Kohli not to give up the T20 captaincy, but Virat remained adamant on leaving the T20 captaincy while talking about the workload.

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