‘There is no transparency’ – childhood coach reacts to Virat Kohli’s sacking as ODI captain

Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma has reacted for the first time to his ward’s sacking as India’s ODI captain. And, he is totally disappointed with the justification given by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. He revealed that he tried to reach Kohli, but could not. “I didn’t talk to him” [Virat Kohli] So far. His phone is switched off for some reason. But as far as my opinion is concerned, he had specifically resigned from T20 captaincy and the selectors should have asked him to step down from both the white ball formats straight away or not move at all. Sports Podcast.

While announcing the squad for the South Africa tour, the BCCI sacked Kohli in a way that raised eyebrows. The press release given to the team and did not even explicitly mention that Kohli has been sacked. Also, the decision comes at a time when the 33-year-old has shown interest in leading India In ODIs despite stepping down from his post as T20 captain. Later, Ganguly revealed that Kohli was asked not to do so. “I recently read Sourav Ganguly’s comments that he had not asked Kohli to step down from T20I captaincy. World cup). I don’t remember anything like that. This statement came as a surprise to me. There are different statements going around,” Sharma said.