Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt gave his opinion on the Board of Control Cricket in Management of India (BCCI) Virat Kohli Who has recently been sacked from the post of ODI captain. Kohli was replaced by Rohit Sharma as the new ODI captain of the Indian cricket team as BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said the selectors wanted a single captain for the white-ball formats.
Kohli relinquished his T20I captaincy after 2021 T20 World The 33-year-old, however, said in his statement that he wanted to focus on ODI and Test captaincy. Ganguly revealed that the board had not requested Kohli to step down, but he was adamant on his decision to manage his workload.
Butt feels the situation should have been handled in a more respectful manner.
“BCCI did not want Kohli to step down (before the T20 World Cup). But having two different captains doesn’t make much sense for the white-ball format. However, it would have been better if there was no aggrieved party in this situation,” Butt said on his official YouTube channel.
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“The news came after this announcement that Kohli was given two days to step down and this shows how much authority he has, you have to see what he has done for his country. It should have been more respectable. You have your cricket board on one side, and one of the best players in the world on the other,” Butt said.
Kohli scored more runs as the captain of the Indian team in the 50-over format. The modern-day great scored 5,449 runs at an astonishing average of 72.65. He also scored the second most centuries as captain in ODIs – 21. Australia’s legendary captain Ricky Ponting tops the list with 22 tons.
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However, the former Pakistan captain feels that having two captains in two different formats of the white ball is not an ideal option.
“Anyway, whatever happened, in the end, makes sense because you shouldn’t have two captains for different white-ball formats,” Butt said.
The 37-year-old further cited the example of the England and Australia cricket team for the split captaincy.
Joe Root plays ODIs for England but his captain remains (Eoin) Morgan. Similarly in Australia, Aaron Finch leads them in ODIs and T20Is and Cummins is the captain of the Test team despite playing in all the latter formats.
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