Chairman of the senior choice committee of males’s cricket Chetan Sharma was the topic of a sting operation throughout which he mentioned that former India captain Virat Kohli tried to defame the then BCCI president Sourav Ganguly as a result of he felt the latter was answerable for him dropping his ODI captaincy.
In September 2021, Virat Kohli introduced his determination to step down as T20 captain after the T20 World Cup in Dubai following which the BCCI stripped him of ODI captaincy in December. The BCCI named Rohit Sharma because the white-ball captain.
Ganguly mentioned that he had requested Kohli to not step down as T20 captain as a result of two-white ball leaders weren’t ultimate.
However, Kohli contradicted Ganguly and mentioned that his determination to surrender T20 captaincy was termed as ‘progressive’ by the BCCI when he had knowledgeable them of the identical. Kohli additionally mentioned within the pre-departure press convention, forward of the South Africa tour, that he had been advised about his elimination as ODI captain simply 90 minutes earlier than the choice assembly to choose the Test squad for South Africa.
In the sting operation completed by Zee News, Chetan Sharma mentioned that Kohli was advised by Ganguly to ‘think once’ earlier than giving up T20I captaincy however the star Indian batsman may need not heard it throughout video convention.
“Virat Kohli felt he lost the captaincy because of the BCCI President. There were nine people in the selection committee video conference, Ganguly told him ‘think about it once’. I think Kohli didn’t hear it, there were nine others there including myself and all other selectors, BCCI officials,” Sharma was heard saying within the video.
Sharma additionally mentioned that he felt that there was an ego conflict between Ganguly and Kohli. “Two egos clashing, one who is thinking that Ganguly has removed me from the captaincy, so I will teach him a lesson. He (Virat) gave a statement that Ganguly is doing this, basically to defame him. He (Virat) tried to tell this in the media… which backfired on him (Virat),” Chetan Sharma was heard saying within the video.
On December 9, 2021, former India captain Ganguly had mentioned: “We (BCCI) had requested Virat not to step down as T20I captain. There was no plan to change captaincy. But he stepped down as T20I captain and the selectors decided not to split limited-overs captaincy, opting for a complete separation.”
Referring to the BCCI’s determination at hand the reins of the T20I and ODI captaincy to Rohit Sharma, Ganguly had mentioned: “Bottom line is that there can’t be two white-ball captains.”
However, per week later, Kohli throughout a press convention contradicted Ganguly’s declare.
He had then mentioned, “Before quitting the T20I captaincy, I had approached the BCCI and explained the reasons behind my decision. That was received very well. There was no offence or hesitation. I wasn’t told not to relinquish the T20 captaincy. Rather, it was taken as a progressive step, in the right direction. I communicated at that time that I would like to continue as Test and ODI captain unless the office-bearers and the selectors felt that I shouldn’t carry on with this responsibility. My communication (to the BCCI) was clear,” Kohli had mentioned.
Chetan Sharma added within the sting video, “This is the dispute of the ego. He (Virat) says I am big .He (Ganguly) says I am big. Sourav Ganguly has also been the captain of the country. Very big captain, most trustworthy and he is called the most successful captain even today. Virat feels that he is the most successful.. He (Virat) said he (Ganguly) is lying then there was a confrontation.”
The chairman of selectors was additionally requested whether or not there was a rift between Kohli and Sharma.
“There is no battle between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma but there is ego. Both are like big film stars, you can say, Amitabh Bachan and Dharmendra,” he added.
Sharma additionally revealed how gamers take injections to faux (clear) their health take a look at and likewise added that present T20 captain Hardik Pandya involves his place to talk to him usually about his future.
