Everyone Has Seen That Things Haven’t Been Going Well Between The BCCI And Virat Kohli – Manoj Tiwary

Updated - 28 Jan 2022, 01:08 PM

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Former Indian batsman Manoj Tiwary, while talking about the captaincy saga in Indian cricket, said everyone knows that things have not been going well between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli decided to step down as India’s T20I captain after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 and the BCCI sacked him as ODI skipper. There were discrepancies in the statements given by both the parties on the captaincy saga and Kohli after the Test series defeat in South Africa decided to step down from Test captaincy, and several cricket pundits and fans feel that the reason behind Kohli’s exit from the leadership group is his ‘not so good’ relationship with the BCCI.

Meanwhile, Manoj Tiwary said that the controversy between the BCCI and Virat Kohli has affected the environment of the team and things shouldn’t have come out in public.

“It affects the team environment for sure. A healthy and good atmosphere is necessary to be in a good space, as a team and also as an individual. Everyone has seen that things haven’t been going well between the BCCI and Virat. It shouldn’t have happened in public,” Tiwary told Sportskeeda.

“There are mature people on both sides, so these things shouldn’t come out in public. As a sports fan, it has made me unhappy. What it does is it transfers the energy, whether good or bad, to others because whoever is close to one individual will subconsciously keep thinking about this controversy,” he further said.

The problem could’ve been resolved via a face-to-face meeting – Manoj Tiwary

Tiwary also feels that Kohli announcing his intentions to quit the T20I captaincy ahead of the World Cup was not a good decision. He added that the problem between the BCCI and Kohli could have been resolved in a meeting, which he feels never took place.

“The T20 World Cup was our priority a few months back, but Virat announced his intention to relinquish the T20I captaincy just before the tournament. Now that’s not what you would expect from a captain as a fan. All your energy should’ve been focused on the T20 World Cup.

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“However, once the focus shifted to the captaincy issue, the problem began to snowball into a bigger controversy that could’ve been avoided. The problem could’ve been resolved via a face-to-face meeting, which I think didn’t happen,” Tiwary further added.

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