Captain Virat Kohli was absent again from the press conference that will take place before the second round between India and South Africa. Instead, the team’s coach, Rahul Dravid, answered questions from reporters. When Dravid was asked about Kohli’s absence at the press conference, he said in his answer the day Kohli would be interacting with reporters.
Rahul Dravid said: ‘The third Test match of the series will be the 100th Test of Virat’s career. They will definitely come talk to you before that match. Then ask as many questions as you like.
At the press conference, Rahul Dravid also praised Virat. He said: ‘For the past few days, there has been a lot of noise outside about the news of the controversy in Indian cricket. Despite this, the way Virat remained associated with the players is commendable. For the past 20 days, amid the news of all the controversy, Virat has proven to be a brilliant leader. We had no problem keeping team morale high. The captain himself took responsibility for this.
During this, Dravid also answered questions about Virat Kohli’s inability to get into the rhythm. He said: ‘Virat is a good captain and the most special hitter on the team. They will be playing big tickets soon.
Before the second #SAvIND Test, #TeamIndia Head Coach Rahul Dravid discusses the conclusions of the first game of the series at Centurion. pic.twitter.com/ly3blvbU98
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Last month, Virat was involved in many controversies. There were first reports of his breakup with Rohit Sharma and then his open feud with BCCI came to the fore. In fact, Virat had decided to leave the captaincy of the shorter cricket format just before the T20 World Cup. After the tournament, the BCCI removed Virat from the ODI captaincy and gave Rohit Sharma command of the limited overs.
The chairman of the board, Sourav Ganguly, had said that BCCI only wants a captain in the T20 and ODI matches and now that Virat has left the T20 captaincy, the ODI captaincy has also been taken away from him. Sourav had also said that Virat was prohibited from giving up the T20 captaincy, but he disagreed. Later, Virat had clearly said in a virtual press conference that no one had prevented him from leaving the captaincy. Rather, information about his removal from the ODI captaincy was also given to him shortly before. After this Kohli press conference, the differences between the captain and the board came to light.
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