India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has rubbished the rumors of his alleged rift with teammate Rohit Sharma. There was speculation that all was not well between India’s two biggest cricket stars, when Rohit was dropped from the limited-overs teams after Kohli reportedly informed the BCCI about his decision to skip the ODI series in South Africa. ODI and T20I) as captain. ,
Addressing the media before leaving for South Africa tour, Kohli said, ‘I have been saying this for the last two years and now I am tired of explaining it. There is no problem between me and Rohit.”
Kohli also said that now that he is no longer the captain in the white-ball format, his role as a senior will continue to lead the team and that captain Rohit and coach Rahul Dravid have full support.
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“The responsibility is to push the team in the forward direction. Rohit is a very capable captain, tactically strong as we have seen while captaining in the past. I will support him 100 per cent to move forward in T20Is and ODIs.”
Refuting the rift rumours, Kohli claimed that there was no prior communication with him regarding his removal as the ODI captain and he was informed about the decision one-and-a-half hours before the Test squad’s selection.
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“I was approached one-and-a-half hours before the selection of the Test team. There was no prior communication. The chief selector discussed the Test team. And in the end I was told that I would not be the captain and I was right. There was no prior communication,” Kohli said.
India will tour South Africa from December 26 for three Tests and as many ODIs.
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