Virat Kohli was asked to step down from captaincy under the most unfortunate circumstances. He still holds the best winning percentage among all the previous captains who have led India in ODIs. Meanwhile, his childhood coach has slammed the BCCI and the selectors for the lack of clarity and transparency regarding the entire episode.
The Indian batter’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma was equally surprised with the sudden announcement, insisting that the selectors should’ve been clearer with Kohli on their stand when he stepped down from T20I captaincy.
“I haven’t talked to him (Virat Kohli) yet. His phone is switched off for some reason. But as far as my opinion is concerned, he had specifically stepped down from T20 captaincy and the selectors should’ve straightaway asked him to step down from both the white-ball formats, or not step down at all,” Sharma said, while speaking on the Khelneeti podcast.
Sharma has also expressed his concerns over Sourav Ganguly’s recent comments. Ganguly said that the BCCI requested Kohli not to step down from T20I captaincy and eventually sacked him as both ODI and T20I captain of the side.
“I read Sourav Ganguly’s comments recently that they had asked Kohli to not step down from T20I captaincy (before the World Cup). I don’t recall anything like that. This statement came as a surprise to me. There are different statements circulating around,” Sharma said.
Kohli’s childhood coach further had a shout-out to the selection committee for lack of clarity and transparency over how things unfolded in Kohli being sacked as ODI captain of the side.
“The selection committee doesn’t provide a reason behind the decision. We don’t know what the management or the BCCI or the selectors want. There’s no clarification, no transparency at all.
Virat Kohli’s Number’s As India’s ODI Skipper
A leader who led the side with grit, passion & determination. 🇮🇳🔝
Thank you Captain @imVkohli!👏👏#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/gz7r6KCuWF
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 9, 2021
Virat Kohli won 65 out of the 95 games he led the Indian team maintaining a win percentage of 70.43 percent with 15 bilateral series wins.
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