Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, it has come to light, wanted to send a show-cause notice to former captain Virat Kohli after his furious press conference in December. Kohli in uninterrupted conversation Along with the media, his decision to step down from the T20I captaincy and the ODI captaincy alleges miscommunication between him and the board.
Sourav Ganguly wanted to issue a show-cause notice to Virat Kohli, seeking an explanation for his comments, in which he refuted the claims of the former captain. While Ganguly had said that he had asked Kohli not to step down from T20I captaincy in September 2021, Kohli said no one from the board Was urged not to leave the top post after the T20 World Cup.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah intervened and convinced Ganguly to send a show cause notice to Virat Kohli, India Today understands.
Jay Shah’s recommendation came as the board did not want to negatively impact Team India which was involved in a high-profile Test series in South Africa after Kohli’s explosive press conference.
Notably, Kohli had said that he wants to continue as ODI and Test captain despite relinquishing the T20I captaincy. However, he was sacked as the ODI captain and was replaced by Rohit Sharma.
In a dramatic turn of events, Kohli stepped down as India’s Test captain after the team’s series loss to South Africa in South Africa earlier this month.
Earlier in December, Virat Kohli caused a stir in a press conference just before Team India’s move to South Africa, in which he spoke about his decision to step down from T20I captaincy and the way he was sacked as India’s ODI captain. , it was discussed.
Kohli had said that no one on the board had urged him to continue as T20I captain when he went to the top leadership with his decision just before the T20 World Cup. The former captain also said that chief selector Chetan Sharma had informed him about the selectors’ decision to drop him as ODI captain 90 minutes before the Test squad was picked for the South Africa tour.
“Regarding T20I captaincy, I first approached BCCI giving my point of view, thought process and reason. And at that time, it was very well received. There was no offense. There was no hesitation. Not me. Was asked to leave. T20I captaincy was rather received as a progressive call. In the right direction,” Kohli had said.
When the chief selector denied Kohli’s claims
However, Chief selector Chetan Sharma refutes Kohli’s claims At the press conference, saying that BCCI members and selectors urged Kohli to delay his decision to step down from T20I captaincy “for the sake of Indian cricket”.
Sharma, who addressed the press on New Year’s Eve when India’s ODI squad for the tour of South Africa was announced,
“Virat was told by everyone available in the meeting to stay on as captain for the sake of Indian cricket – all the conveners were there, board officials were there. Everyone told him, who won’t tell? When do you get such news all of a sudden? You are in shock because it is about the World Cup.”
Sharma, however, rubbished reports of a rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma following which the former captain confirmed his availability for the ODI leg of the South Africa tour.
Virat Kohli led India in the 3-Test series against South Africa and is part of the ongoing ODI series in the rainbow nation. Kohli, who is playing ODIs under the captaincy of KL Rahul, scored a half-century in the first ODI played at Paarl on Wednesday.