Virat Kohli Press Conference – Sourav Ganguly Caught & Bowled by Virat Kohli – Virat Kohli known for smashing bowlers – on Thursday smashed BCCI & its President Sourav Ganguly out of the park. Kohli dismissed every statement every BCCI official gave on or off the record. The first big one was Sourav Ganguly’s statement that he requested Kohli not to step down from T20I captaincy. Kohli said he was never asked not to step down. Follow India Tour of South Africa Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
“I informed BCCI about leaving T20I captaincy. It was well-received. I was never told that I should not leave the T20I captaincy. They took it as progressive thought. I gave them the option if they don’t want me to continue as ODI captain I will quit,” Virat Kohli said at a virtual Press Conference on Wednesday.
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BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, last week, that he had personally requested Virat Kohli not to step down from T20I captaincy.
“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. Because I have captained for a long period of time; therefore, I know,” Ganguly said.
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Last week, Virat Kohli was removed from ODI captaincy as the selection committee wanted to have one skipper in white-ball formats. Regarding the decision, BCCI just posted a 131-letter statement along with Test squad selection.
A leader who led the side with grit, passion & determination. 🇮🇳🔝
Thank you Captain @imVkohli!👏👏#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/gz7r6KCuWF
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 9, 2021
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward,” the BCCI said in a statement.
BCCI took 23 hours to post a congratulatory message on its social media pages while other office bearers congratulated Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli himself didn’t congratulate Rohit despite posting birthday wishes to his former teammates.
“Whatever was said about the communication that happened during the decision that was made was inaccurate. I was contacted one and half hours before the selection meeting on 8th for the Test series,” Virat Kohli said.
“And there was no prior communication with me since I announced the T20I captaincy decision up till December 8. The chief selector discussed the Test team to which we both agreed. Before ending the call, I was told the five selectors decided that I would not be ODI captain, which I replied ‘okay fine’,” Kohli further said.
“And in the selection call afterwards we chatted about it briefly this is what happened, there was no communication prior to that at all,” he added.
