Virat Kohli’s name is in the spotlight since he has been sacked from the ODI team captaincy by BCCI. Now, his words in the press conference ahead of the South Africa tour has given air to a controversy that proves BCCI President wrong, and social media is buzzing on why Ganguly gave false statement.
Virat Kohli’s sacking from ODI captaincy has shaken the Indian cricket. The decision from BCCI has left a major group of cricket fans unhappy. Everyone wnated to know that if Kohli can announce about leaving T20I captaincy before T20I World Cup then why he didn’t follow the same route for ODIs as well.
Virat Kohli dismisses Sourav Ganguly’s claim
A couple of days ago, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that he whole heartedly requested Virat Kohli not to leave T20I captaincy of Team India. But, he was set to focus on the game and wanted to manage the workload.
“It’s like I said… I personally requested him (Kohli) not to give up T20 captaincy. Obviously, he felt the workload. Which is fine, he has been a great cricketer, he has been very intense with his cricket. He has captained for a long period of time and these things happen,” Virat Kohli said during the Press Conference.
Now, Virat Kohli has given a statement in the press conference that he never recieved any request about not leaving T20I captaincy. As per him, his decision was accepted by the management but no one asked him to stay.
“When I approached BCCI about the T20 captaincy, it was received well by them and I was not told to not leave the T20 captaincy. I was contacted 1.5 hours before selection committee meet. The chief selector discussed the Test team. Before ending the call the selectors told me I won’t be ODI captain and I was fine. There was no prior communication.”
