A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it. Kohli, during his pre-departure explosive press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, said that he was never asked to stay on as T20 skipper when he made his intent clear on relinquishing the post. This was in complete contrast to Ganguly’s assertion a few days back that Kohli had been requested to not quit the position.
The press conference has put the BCCI under the scanner as the cricket board and Ganguly are blamed for handling Kohli’s sacking in a poor way.
“No statements, no press conference. We will deal with it appropriately, leave it to (the) BCCI,” Ganguly said on Thursday.
There was talk of BCCI asking chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma to address the media after Kohli’s explosive press conference but the Board eventually refrained from making any counter statements.
Kohli’s comments on Wednesday brought to fore the underlying tension in his equation with the administrators, especially with Ganguly.
“Whatever was said about the communication that happened about the decision that was made was inaccurate,” Kohli had said with obvious reference to Ganguly’s statement.
Earlier, Ganguly, in an interview, said that he had spoken to Kohli and told him that two captains in the white ball format was not something that the selectors wanted as there would be “too much of leadership.” Rohit Sharma is now the sole white-ball captain and has also been made Kohli’s deputy in the Test format.
