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Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli (Source: Twitter)
According to the former Indian Cricket Board President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, the organisation was not prepared for Virat Kohli to resign as Test captain of India, which was a choice made on a personal level. Ganguly's most recent comments follow calls from supporters for Virat Kohli to be made India's Test captain again after the Rohit Sharma-led team lost to Australia by a score of 209 runs during the World Test Championship final.
In an effort to support Kohli's reinstatement as the team's captain, fans have started citing specifics from his record as captain on social media. Notably, Kohli concluded his term as the Indian skipper with 40 triumphs and 11 draws across 68 games, ranking him as the fourth-most accomplished skipper in Test history.
“Selectors had to appoint an India captain” : Sourav Ganguly
In an exclusive one to one interview with Aaj Tak, Sourav Ganguly spoke about the ugly circumstances related to the Test captaincy after the South Africa tour. He said,
"BCCI were not prepared for Virat Kohli leaving the Test captaincy. It was unexpected for us also after the South Africa tour. Only Virat Kohli can reveal why he left the captaincy. There is no point talking about this now because Virat Kohli left the Test captaincy. Selectors had to appoint an India captain. And Rohit was the best option at that time."
Virat Kohli stated his intention to stay in the role while retiring from the T20I leadership earlier in 2021, but the Indian Cricket Board chose to replace him in ODIs nevertheless, leading to a flurry of rumours regarding his association with the organisation and Ganguly. Prior to the T20 World Cup in October, Kohli gave up his position as T20I captain. In December, he lost his ODI captaincy before the South Africa tour. Conflicting accounts of the T20 decision and how Kohli was notified of his ouster as ODI captain in a routine conversation with the selectors led to an open dispute between Kohli as well as Indian Cricket Board President (at that time) Sourav Ganguly as a result of these events.
Fans react to Sourav Ganguly's statement on Virat Kohli leaving Test captaincy : -
Sourav Ganguly said, "the BCCI were not prepared for Virat Kohli leaving the Test captaincy. It was unexpected for us also after the South Africa tour. After Virat left, Rohit Sharma was the best option available at that time". (On Aaj Tak). pic.twitter.com/DglU1J7Xiw
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 12, 2023
"We insulted and humiliated one of the biggest cricketers in our country, sacked him disrespectfully as Captain when he had done brilliant things for us, and when he decided he did not want to be insulted anymore, we were not ready for it."
— Ahmad Asim (@audacityvisions) June 12, 2023
Nice Ganguly bhai very nice
What’s to be underlined, Rohit Sharma was captioned as the best tactician with over 5 IPL cups and so on by a whole range of experts. He has clearly proven since taking over captaincy that winning IPL titles can never be equated with ICC titles - Fact!
— SrividyaGanesh (@srividyaganesh) June 13, 2023
U & BCCI politics literally ruined the Perfect Team tuned to Virat Kohli captaincy & aggression & due to UR Egoistic decisions we lost WTC , It crippled Indian Team & now going through complete transition
— CMA Monesh (@Cmamonesh) June 12, 2023
Rohit Sharma received hate due to this decision & Divided Indian Team&fans
— Cricpedia. (@_Cricpedia) June 12, 2023
Kab tak, haad hai, kab tak India wale Individual players ke talk karte rahege.
— Satya P Singh(spbtctrade) (@spsinghweb) June 12, 2023
Talk about team , not about an individual.. its a team sports...
E.g Australia team >> ricky or shane or adam or wagh or border etc..
Virat's personality has lil bit of impulsiveness and "react by emotions" kind of style.
— Rex (@rex_cricket) June 13, 2023
It works in some ways like firing up the team but also at times backfires.
Perhaps, he acted on impulse taking LOI issues to red ball.
Gangully is playing a double game. He was instrumental for unceremoniously pushing out Ravi shastri and then get Dravid in. He created a crisis of cronyism and Virat had no choice other than to step down.
— rombanallaver (@rombanallaver) June 13, 2023
"The Next Loser in Line", they came to big tournament and gives the same result.
— Rohit S (@Rohit_Tikhhai) June 12, 2023
Ok he actually said all this in a very very dry tone
— Transponster Jay (@Jay_KD77) June 12, 2023
Vikrant sort of feeded these words into him lol
ROHITH might note be considered for tests anymore, I'm Rohith's fan but it happens because he is 36 now
— Omprakashindla♥ (@OmPrakash4516) June 12, 2023