Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar came in support of Virat Kohli

Since the removal of Virat Kohli from the ODI captaincy, there has been a ruckus, for which BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has been reprimanded. Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar believes that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly should not have spoken on the issue of Virat Kohli’s captaincy on behalf of the national selectors. Let us tell you that Ganguly had said that when Virat Kohli wanted to leave the captaincy of T20, then he did not listen to us. We stopped him because we didn’t want a separate captain for T20 and ODI.

This legend scolded Sourav Ganguly

Later, Kohli proved Ganguly’s statement to be false and said that no one stopped him from leaving the captaincy of T20. On this, Dilip Vengsarkar said, ‘Ganguly speaking on behalf of the selection committee had no meaning. He is the BCCI President. Chetan Sharma, the head of the selection committee, should have spoken on the matter of selection or captaincy.

This reminded Ganguly

Ganguly had said that after Virat’s decision to step down as the captain of the T20 team, it was decided to make Rohit Sharma the captain of the ODI team as well, as there is no point in having two different captains in the two limited overs formats. Vengsarkar said, ‘It is the decision of the selection committee to choose or remove the captain. It doesn’t come under Ganguly’s purview.

Sunil Gavaskar also sought answer

Before Dilip Vengsarkar, Sunil Gavaskar had said that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly should be asked why there is a difference between him and Kohli’s statement. Sunil Gavaskar said the BCCI chief should be asked ‘why there is this discrepancy’. India Today quoted Gavaskar as saying, So that’s the only thing. Ganguly is the BCCI President and of course he should be asked why there is this discrepancy? He is probably the best person to ask about the discrepancy between what you have to say and what the Indian captain has said.