Has Virat Kohli Exposed Sourav Ganguly And BCCI?

If we take Kohli’s statements at face value, he had stated that Ganguly, the BCCI President, did not reveal...

- Renin Wilben

Team India’s Test captain Virat Kohli made a shocking claim over the captaincy shift in one-dayers ahead of the team’s tour of South Africa. At a pre-tour press conference prior to India’s departure for South Africa, Kohli stated that no one in the BCCI told him to continue as T20 captain following his decision to quit. The 33-year-old’s claim directly contradicts cricket board President Sourav Ganguly’s statement that he had personally requested Kohli to continue as T20 captain.

In the press conference, Kohli also revealed that he was told only one-and-a-half hours before the team selection meeting for the Test squad for South Africa that he would not be the one-day captain in the future. The Indian cricket superstar claimed that the chief selector discussed the Test team with him. Before ending the call, Kohli was told that the five selectors had decided he would not be ODI captain. According to Kohli, there was no communication before that at all regarding leadership change.