Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra said that the entire captaincy incident involving Virat Kohli and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) could have been handled in a better way. Incidentally, it all started ever since the BCCI named Rohit Sharma the ODI captain, replacing Kohli.
Along with this, Sourav Ganguly and the other BCCI officials had mentioned that they asked Kohli not to give up Team India’s T20I captaincy, and also Kohli had asked for a break during the ODI series against South Africa but Kohli’s statements contradicted both these statements in his pre-departure press conference as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra stated that this matter could have been handled professionally. He also shared that BCCI should have recognized Virat Kohli’s contribution as the captain and explained to him the reasons behind this decision. He said:
“It could have definitely been handled better, let’s be very very honest. There are a lot of things which could have been better where they could have asked or had a discussion. You don’t actually need to ask when you are removing someone as a captain. You just need to tell but it could have been handled a little better, that you acknowledge that the captain has done very well but now you are moving ahead and all of that. That communication could have happened.”
Washing dirty linen in public is never a great thing – Aakash Chopra
Virat Kohli shared that the chairman of the selection committee Chetan Sharma has informed him about the decision just before the meeting to select the Test team for the South Africa series as well.
Aakash Chopra feels Virat Kohli could have also clarified with the board before revealing all these before the press. However, he believes that these incidents will have no impact on the team’s performances in South Africa across formats as well.
He claimed: “Virat Kohli could have also picked up the phone and spoken to them, everyone whose statements he didn’t like because it was not only sources but it came from the horse’s mouth, there were BCCI officials in that.”
“So let’s discuss between the two of us like grown-up adults and the BCCI officials could have also done the same thing. Washing dirty linen in public is never a great thing. The rumor markets are again hot and then the same sources, the same drama, we come back to square one, which we don’t want,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
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