Virat Kohli furious at BCCI in press conference, said- decision was taken without asking, did not ask for rest
The Indian team is going on a tour of South Africa where it has to play matches in all three formats. Meanwhile, Indian Test team captain Virat Kohli held a press conference on Wednesday. Virat Kohli himself has given an answer on the ongoing speculation that he will not play in the ODI series and has also given his opinion on the captaincy.
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Nothing to relax
During this, Virat Kohli said that he had never talked to BCCI about rest. I am available to play ODI series. Kohli said, ‘The five selectors have decided that I will not be the captain of ODIs. I had no idea about this before. I am available for the ODI series.
The selectors had told that they are being removed from the captaincy
Virat Kohli said that the board had contacted him one and a half hours before the selection of the Test team. During the meeting, there was a discussion about the selection and after that the chief selector had told that Kohli will not be made the captain of the ODI team and Kohli said that I have no problem with this.
Various types of news in the media
Let us inform that ever since the BCCI made Rohit Sharma the captain of the ODI team, there were reports that both the players do not want to play under each other’s captaincy. Amidst the news of discord between Rohit and Virat, many statements of BCCI officials came.
Rohit praised Virat fiercely
After becoming the captain, Rohit Sharma gave his first interview to BCCI TV a few days back. In this interview, he also praised Virat Kohli fiercely. Rohit had said, ‘Kohli has led the Indian team from the front for 5 years. Kohli tried to give his best in all the matches. The team has never looked back under his captaincy.
Team India’s Test team for South Africa tour
Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur , Mohammad Siraj, Priyank Panchal (replaces Rohit Sharma)
