Rohit Sharma, who succeeded Virat Kohli as T20 captain, was named India's ODI captain on Wednesday. Ganguly said he had asked Kohli not to step down as T20 captain!
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said that once Virat Kohli refused to continue as India바카라s T20 captain, the selectors made up their mind to hand the ODI reins to Rohit Sharma as the national team couldn바카라t afford 바카라too much leadership바카라 with two separate captains in the limited-overs format. (More Cricket News)
The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit the captain of the ODI side going into the 2023 ODI World Cup and Ganguly, in an interaction with PTI, opened up on the issue, asserting that the incumbent was spoken to and duly accepted the decision.
바카라We had requested Virat not to step down as T20 captain but he didn바카라t want to continue as captain. So, the selectors felt that they cannot have two white ball captains in two white-ball formats. That's too much of leadership,바카라 BCCI president and former India captain told PTI.
Kohli stepped down as T20 captain after India's disastrous World Cup campaign in October-November. Ganguly said the selectors felt that multiple leaders in the white-ball format would lead to confusion and that바카라s why the Chetan Sharma-led committee suggested that it바카라s better to have one leader.
바카라I don바카라t know (about confusion) but that바카라s what they (selectors) felt. That바카라s how this conclusion was arrived at 바카라 that let Rohit captain in white-ball and let Virat be the red-ball skipper,바카라 Ganguly added. So how does he see Rohit performing as ODI skipper?
Ganguly said that he wouldn바카라t like to make any predictions but is confident of the new skipper바카라s abilities. 바카라It바카라s very difficult to predict. I wish him all the best and hope he does a good job,바카라 he said. But was it taken into consideration that Kohli has been a good ODI skipper with over 70 per cent win record in 95 games that he was in charge.
바카라Yes, we did consider that but if you look at Rohit바카라s record in whatever ODIs he has captained for India, it바카라s very good. Bottom line, there can바카라t be two white ball captains.바카라 The sensitive question of not winning any ICC Trophy during Kohli바카라s tenure at the helm was also asked but the Board president refused to divulge the details of the discussion.
바카라I can바카라t explain more about what all was discussed and what selectors have said, but this is primary reason for having Rohit as white-ball captain and Virat accepted it,바카라 he revealed. On behalf of BCCI, it was the president himself and the chairman of selectors, who spoke to Kohli and intimated the BCCI바카라s decision.
바카라Yes, I have spoken to Virat personally and chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma has also spoke to him on the issue,바카라 he signed off. Rohit also replaced Ajinkya Rahane as Kohli바카라s deputy in the Test format, something that was on expected lines due to Rahane바카라s lack of form with the bat.