India vs Sri Lanka: Madan Lal Questions Timing Of Virat Kohli's 'No One Messaged Me' Remark After He Quit Captaincy

Sunil Gavaskar asks Virat to name people who let him down

Kohli’s explosive comments depict that somewhere deep down he was affected by the whole captaincy fiasco, which saw the BCCI remove him as India’s ODI skipper shortly after he decided to resign as the T20I captain post the World Cup last year. But it seems as if Kohli’s remarks have not been received too well by certain ex-India cricketers.

After Sunil Gavaskar wondered what Kohli could have been expecting and said that it would have only been fair had Virat named the people, legendary India all-rounder Madan Lal questioned the timing of the comment.

Madan Lal urges ego should not clash

“Virat shouldn’t have made such a comment at such a time. See you are playing important matches, in the middle of a tournament where you need to qualify for the final. It’s great that you have returned to form. Even if someone calls or doesn’t call, if you are in trouble you have to work on it. He should have said it a couple of months earlier as well. If you’re not in the best of nicks, you have to approach it yourself. Ego shouldn’t clash here,” Lal said on Sports Tak.

Since returning to top-flight cricket following his six-week long hiatus, Kohli has looked in good touch with scores of 35, 59 not out and 60 in the ongoing Asia Cup. Slowly but steadily, Kohli seems to be getting his groove back and India would be hoping nothing short of the same from their star batter when they take on Sri Lanka later tonight, and then Afghanistan on Thursday in a bid to seal the finals berth.

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