Virat Kohli Can’t Say That We Didn’t Keep Him In The Loop – BCCI Official Makes Big Claim After Test Captain's Press Conference

The BCCI official has said that the Indian Test captain Virat Kohli can’t say that he was not kept in the loop over the T20I captaincy matter.

Virat Kohli quit the T20I captaincy to manage his workload after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and the BCCI decided to remove him from ODI captaincy as it was informed by the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly that selectors didn’t want to have two white-ball captains in the team and Rohit Sharma was handed over entire white-ball captaincy.

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Meanwhile, In a press conference on Wednesday Virat Kohli said that when he told the BCCI that he wanted to quit the T20I captaincy no one took offence and it was received quite well by the BCCI and no one told him that he should not quit the T20I captaincy. He said:

“When I communicated with the BCCI first about quitting the T20I captaincy, I told them that this is my point of view, these are the reasons for my decision. It was received quite well. No one took offense, no one had any hesitation. No one told me that I should not leave the T20I captaincy.”

“It was received well and looked at as a progressive step and one in the right direction. That time, I told the BCCI that I wanted to continue as ODI and Test captain unless the BCCI office-bearers or the selectors want me not to do so. I clarified this as well in the phone call. My communication with the BCCI was very clear. I also gave them the option that if the BCCI office-bearers of the selectors want to make a decision, I am okay with it,” he added.

We Spoke To Virat Kohli In September And Asked Him Not To Quit The T20 Captaincy – BCCI Official

After Kohli’s sensational claim in the press conference, a BCCI official told India Today that, they spoke to Kohli in September and requested him not to quit the T20I captaincy but he did not agree so they removed him because it was difficult to have 2 white-ball captains in the team. BCCI official said:

“Virat Kohli can’t say that we didn’t keep him in the loop. We spoke to Virat in Sept and asked him not to quit the T20 captaincy. Once Virat gave up the T20 captaincy on his own, it was difficult to have 2 white ball captains. Chetan Sharma told Virat about the ODI captaincy on the morning of the meeting.”

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