Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar stated on Monday that Virat Kohli ought to have named his present and former teammates who didn’t ship him a message after he stop Test captaincy, saying it will have then been truthful on those that wished him after he took the key name in his profession earlier this 12 months.
Sunil Gavaskar, talking to India Today, stated he isn’t conscious of the equation within the Indian dressing room and why Kohli determined to disclose the knowledge when he was talking on a public platform.
Gavaskar’s feedback got here after Virat Kohli dropped a bombshell on Sunday, September 5 that it was solely MS Dhoni who wished him when he determined to surrender Test captaincy in an unexpected method after the tour of South Africa earlier this 12 months.
Responding to a scribe’s query on whether or not he obtained assist from the cricket neighborhood throughout a troublesome part earlier this 12 months, Kohli stated he respects those that attain out to him personally as a substitute of constructing feedback on tv broadcasts.
“I don’t know what the dressing room inside situation was with all these other players, I think, ideally, if he is named one person who got in touch, maybe the other people who didn’t get in touch should have also been named. Then that would have been a little bit fair to everyone concerned rather than thinking everybody else didn’t get in touch with him,” Gavsakar stated.
Kohli determined to step down as T20I captain after the World Cup within the UAE final 12 months. However, Kohli didn’t get a fairytale farewell as India exited the World Cup earlier than reaching the knockout stage. The former captain was then sacked as ODI skipper final 12 months earlier than he went to surrender Test captaincy in a call that raised fairly a number of eyebrows.
“I just want to say this, if I have to tell someone about their game, I reach out individually. Even if I have to help someone, I do it personally,” Kohli stated after India’s loss to Pakistan within the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 match in Dubai.
“If you are giving a suggestion in front of the entire world, it doesn’t value a lot to me. You can talk to me one-on-one if you have to suggest something to me. You genuinely then want me to do well. I lead my life with a lot of honesty.
“I’m not saying that it does not matter to me. I performed my cricket truthfully,” he added.
FUTILE QUESTIONS!
Furthermore, Sunil Gavaskar said he doesn’t give much weight to players heaping praise on their current captains and coaches, adding that questions about the dressing room environment are “futile”.
Notably, Kohli had said on Sunday that the dressing room environment under Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid has been wonderful and he has found his mojo back.
The break that he took ahead of Asia Cup 2022 seems to have done wonders as Kohli has shown glimpses of his vintage self, hitting 2 fifties in 3 matches in the continental tournament. Kohli has struggled for fluency before the Asia Cup, managing just 81 runs in 4 T20Is in the calendar year. He decided to opt out of the tour of West Indies and Zimbabwe to rejuvenate and refresh.
“No, that I am unable to say, that’s his mindset, I’m not a psychologist (Kohli nonetheless has captaincy ideas?). I’m simply saying what I really feel after I hear the feedback coming in regards to the present management. One of essentially the most futile questions that I hear throughout an IPL Q and A session between the commentators and the Man of the Match asking in regards to the present coach and the present captain.
“Is that current player ever going to say anything against the current captain and coach? That’s a futile question. Nobody, anybody, who is mindful of his career, is going to cut his feet by saying something stupid about the current regime,” Gavaskar added.
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