‘It’s a pity, there’s no transparency at all’

Kohli’s ex-coach lashes out at BCCI selectors, Pres Ganguly

NT Correspondent

Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma on Saturday lashed out at the national selectors and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly for the way they handled Team India’s ODI captaincy issue recently.

“I haven’t talked to him (Virat Kohli) yet. His phone is switched off for some reason. But as far as my opinion is concerned, he had specifi cally stepped down from T20 captaincy and the selectors should’ve straightaway asked him to step down from both the white-ball formats or not step down at all,” said Rajkumar while speaking on the Khelneeti podcast.

Ganguly was recently quoted as saying that the selectors were in no mood to have separate captains in T20Is and ODIs as it would cause confusion in the team.

“The selection committee doesn’t provide a reason behind the decision. We don’t know what the management or the BCCI or the selectors want. There’s no clarifi cation, no transparency at all. It’s a pity how this has happened. He has been such a successful one-day captain,” he added.