Virat vs BCCI: Virat refutes the assertions of the board of conversations on the captaincy of the T20

Mumbai. The fight between the Indian cricket board and Test captain Virat Kohli was made public on Wednesday after the Test captain dismissed the table’s “false” claim that attempts were made to persuade him not to. will resign as captain of the T20 team. Kohli, one of India’s most successful cricketers, also said that the decision to remove him from the ODI captaincy was informed by the head of the selection committee, Chetan Sharma, just an hour and a half before the team’s announcement. test for South Africa.

In what appears to be a new chapter in Indian cricket history, a high-profile captain has publicly dismissed the statement by Board Chairman Sourav Ganguly that the board had asked him not to resign as captain of the T20 team. As of the writing of this report, the BCCI has not spoken despite the fact that Chetan Sharma, the head of the selection committee, was said to speak to the media.

At a press conference before leaving for the South African tour, Kohli said: “Everything that has been said about the decision that has been made, everything that has been said about it is wrong.”

Kohli said: “When I left the T20 captaincy, I first contacted the BCCI and informed them of my decision and expressed my point of view (to the officials).” When giving the contrary information, he said: “I gave the reasons why I want to leave the captaincy of the T20 and my point of view was well understood. Nothing happened, there were no doubts and not once was it said that you should not give up the captaincy of the T20.

Regarding the ODI captaincy, he said: “I was contacted an hour and a half before the selection meeting for the test series on December 8 and prior to that I had not been in contact with me since the announcement of my decision on the captaincy of the T20 “. ‘

Kohli said: “The selector-in-chief spoke about the test team, which we both agreed on. Before finishing, they told me that the five selectors had decided that I will not be the international captain for one day, to which I said ‘ It’s okay, it doesn’t matter. ‘

“After that, during the team selection, we talked about it briefly and this is what happened,” he said.

Kohli said BCCI officials called his decision progressive. On the contrary, the BCCI described it as progress and a step in the right direction. At that time I said yes, I want to continue (captain) in Tests and One Day Internationals as long as the officials and selectors feel that I must continue with this responsibility.

Kohli said: “My communication with BCCI was clear. I had given the option that if the incumbents and the selectors have any other opinion, then (the decision) is in their hands. The last Indian captain who put BCCI in “Red alert” was Ganguly himself, who had a known feud with then-coach Greg Chappell. Ganguly was removed from the captaincy in 2005 after winning the Test series in Zimbabwe. He said he was asked to resign as captain. Afterwards From this, the late Jagmohan Dalmiya was removed from the post of chairman of the board. Since then, cricket policy has gone from bad to worse. It is understood that Ganguly is very upset with the matter, but as chairman of the board he would be willing to Please make a collective decision.

An experienced board administrator said: “It is very complicated for BCCI. If the board issues a statement, it will prove the captain is false. If the statement is not issued, questions will be raised with the Spokesperson. According to BCCI, a senior He claimed that when Kohli was asked whether it would be appropriate to leave the captain of the T20, there were nine people involved.