Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli
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BCCI President Sourav Ganguly attended an event in Gurgaon where he stated that Virat Kohli’s attitude was very likable but he ends up fighting a lot. The statement has come after discord between Kohli and the BCCI.

Ahead of departure to South Africa, Kohli attended a press conference where he dropped a few bombshells. Kohli said he was never asked to “not give up T20I captaincy”, something that went directly against what Ganguly had earlier claimed.

In response to the press conference, Ganguly said that he won’t be making any more statements and the BCCI will convene at a later time to determine the appropriate response. Setting the arguments aside, Ganguly commended Kohli’s attitude at the event.

Virat Kohli
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I like Virat Kohli’s attitude but he fights a lot,” Ganguly said. He also responded to a question about how he deals with stress, saying: “There is no stress in life. Only wife and girlfriend give stress.

Sourav Ganguly backs Rohit Sharma to come good as white-ball captain

Sourav Ganguly mentioned that the 34-year-old Rohit Sharma emerged as the best option to take up the white-ball captaincy. Rohit has experience winning trophies, something that Kohli has failed to do in his captaincy career.

Rohit Sharma
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He deserves that position because of what he has done as captain. Five titles with Mumbai, another one with Deccan Chargers speaks volume of his ability under pressure. Once Virat decided he doesn’t want to be part of T20 leadership, he was the best choice. He started well, beating NZ 3-0 in India. Hopefully, we will see a better result for India next year than what we saw this year,” Ganguly said.

There are two important ICC tournaments coming up in the next two years – the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia and the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.

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