IND vs SA: What Role Dravid played in Kohli’s sacking? – India’s new head coach Rahul Dravid took a sly dig at his former teammate and good friend Sourav Ganguly, the current BCCI president. While Ganguly revealed he had asked Virat Kohli not to step down from T20I captaincy, Dravid politely-yet-firmly refused to say if he played any part in Kohli’s sacking from ODI captaincy. Follow India vs South Africa Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
He refused to divulge details of any internal conversation he might have had with the selectors on Virat Kohli’s white-ball captaincy, saying it is not for public consumption. Rohit Sharma was named captain of both T20I and ODIs.
“To be honest that’s the role of the selectors and I am not going to get into conversations that I might or might not have had,” Rahul Dravid said when asked if he had given his opinion on change of white ball captaincy.
💬 💬 We’ve got some good quality practice over the week.
Head Coach Rahul Dravid speaks about the #TeamIndia‘s preparation in the lead up to the first #SAvIND Test. pic.twitter.com/bCjXbveV0I
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2021
IND vs SA: Rahul Dravid takes a dig at Sourav Ganguly & BCCI, says ‘Internal conversation about captaincy is not for media’
“It’s not the place and the time to be doing that and discussing that. And what internal conversations I have had is certainly not going to come out in the media and I am not going to start telling people what conversations I have had,” Rahul Dravid added in a polite-yet-firm manner.
It has been a convention that the Indian captain addresses the media ahead of the opening Test match of a series but it was Dravid, who took the questions ahead of the ‘Boxing Day’ Test against South Africa.
IND vs SA: Rahul Dravid takes a dig at Sourav Ganguly & BCCI, says ‘Internal conversation about captaincy is not for media’
When Kohli spoke to the media 10 days back about change in captaincy, it snowballed into a huge storm as he had openly contradicted claims of BCCI president Sourav Ganguly that he was asked to continue as T20 captain as there can’t be two white ball captains.
Kohli had said that no one in the BCCI told him not to quit T20 captaincy and it created an ugly controversy.
IND vs SA: Rahul Dravid takes a dig at Sourav Ganguly & BCCI, says ‘Internal conversation about captaincy is not for media’
Dravid, himself a former India captain, however praised Kohli for his passion for Test cricket and hoped that he would do well in this series.
.@imVkohli‘s transformation 👏
Excitement about SA challenge 👌
Initial few months as Head Coach ☺️Rahul Dravid discusses it all as #TeamIndia gear up for the first #SAvIND Test in Centurion. 👍 👍
Watch the full interview 🎥 🔽https://t.co/2H0FlKQG7q pic.twitter.com/vrwqz5uQA8
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2021
“Virat has played a huge role in that obviously as a player and a leader. He has been fantastic. He is one of those players who loves Test cricket and really wants to compete. Hopefully, he has a great series that benefits the team as well,” Dravid said when asked how does he see Kohli taking the Test team forward.
IND vs SA: Rahul Dravid takes a dig at Sourav Ganguly & BCCI, says ‘Internal conversation about captaincy is not for media’
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