BCCI slams Virat Kohli’s stand on lack of communication, says he was kept in the loop

Following Virat Kohli’s sensational claim at the press conference, the BCCI rejected India’s Test captain’s stand on lack of communication saying that he was kept in the loop on the T20I captaincy matter. A BCCI official told India Today that the board had spoken to Virat Kohli in September and urged him not to step down from the T20I captaincy.

“Virat Kohli can’t say we didn’t keep him in the loop. We spoke to Virat in September and asked him not to give up T20 captaincy. Once Virat left T20 captaincy on his own, it was difficult 2. The white-ball captain. On the morning of the meeting, Chetan Sharma briefed Virat about the ODI captaincy,” a BCCI official told India Today.

In a special way, Kohli highlights lack of communication He was sacked as ODI captain along with the BCCI on the day the 18-man squad was announced for the Test series in South Africa (starting on 26 December).

Ganguly had mentioned that Kohli was not asked to step down from the captaincy in T20Is, but Kohli denied it as he said that his decision to step down from the T20I captaincy was welcomed by the Indian Cricket Board.

“When I first spoke to the BCCI about quitting the T20I captaincy, I told them that this is my point of view, these are the reasons for my decision. It was received quite well. I had no hesitation. Nobody told me that I should not give up the T20I captaincy,” Kohli told the press.

“It was well received and was seen as a progressive step and one in the right direction. At the time, I told the BCCI that I wanted to continue as ODI and Test captain for as long as the BCCI The office-bearers or selectors don’t want me to do so. I clarified that in the phone call as well. My communication with the BCCI was very clear. I also gave them the option that if the BCCI office-bearers of the selectors wanted to take a decision, I would go with it. I’m fine, he added.

Virat’s remarks are contrary to the statements made by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly in the past few days. Ganguly had mentioned that he had personally spoken to Kohli about the decision to name Rohit Sharma as the new ODI captain and the same was done by chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma.

Ganguly said, “…Actually, the BCCI requested Virat not to step down as the T20 captain, but obviously he did not agree. And the selectors then decided to have two different captains for the two white-ball formats.” Didn’t feel right to keep it.” told ANI.