BCCI was not ready for Virat Kohli leaving India’s Test captaincy: Sourav Ganguly

By India Today Sports Desk: Former India captain and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has stated that the board was not prepared for Virat Kohli to step down as India Test captain, which was his private determination. Ganguly’s newest remarks come within the wake of followers calling for the reinstatement of Virat Kohli as India’s Test captain after the Rohit Sharma-led aspect suffered a 209-run defeat to Australia within the World Test Championship closing.

Fans on social media have been sharing particulars about Kohli’s document as captain in an try and justify why he ought to be reinstated because the staff’s captain. Notably, Kohli completed his tenure because the fourth-most profitable captain in Test historical past, with 40 victories and 11 attracts in 68 matches because the Indian captain. And ranks third amongst all 28 Test captains who’ve led a staff in 40 or extra matches when it comes to win share (50%).

“BCCI were not prepared for Virat Kohli leaving the Test captaincy. It was unexpected for us also after the South Africa tour. Only Virat Kohli can reveal why he left the captaincy. There is no point talking about this now because Virat Kohli left the Test captaincy. Selectors had to appoint an India captain. And Rohit was the best option at that time,” Sourav Ganguly instructed Aaj Tak in an unique interview.

KOHLI-GANGULY CAPTAINCY SAGA

Earlier in 2021, the BCCI’s determination to exchange Virat Kohli as India’s ODI captain regardless of the latter stating his intention to proceed within the publish whereas resigning from the T20I captaincy, sparked a firestorm of hypothesis about his relationship with the board and Ganguly. Kohli resigned as T20I captain forward of the T20 World Cup in October and was then eliminated as ODI captain forward of the South Africa tour in December. These occasions prompted a direct confrontation between Kohli and BCCI chairman Sourav Ganguly, as opposing narratives emerged relating to the T20 determination and the way by which Kohli was knowledgeable of his dismissal as ODI captain throughout a routine name with the selectors.

Kohli’s captaincy saga took one other sudden activate January 16, 2022, when he resigned as Test captain lower than 24 hours after India misplaced the sequence in South Africa. Kohli’s determination to step down as Test captain marked the tip of a months-long battle between Kohli and the Indian cricket board over the way, timing, and narrative of his T20 and ODI captaincy stints ending between October and December final 12 months.