Then has been lots of conversation, rumors, and news over the captaincy situation of Virat Kohli. Everyone has their say or opinions on this topic. And this time India's World Cup all-rounder shares his opinion on the ongoing uncomfortable situation between BCCI and Virat Kohli.
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According to Kirti Azad, BCCI should have handled the captaincy situation more responsibly. The comments of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli are contradicting. Kohli said that the selectors informed him about removing him from the chair of ODI captaincy only one-and-a-half hours before announcing the test squad for the Indian tour of South Africa. Azad feels that the selectors should have discussed the matter with Sourav Ganguly first and then continue with the process. This is the followed process for years. Azad also said that the approval of the president is the most pivotal thing in the entire procedure.
Kirti Azad on the fiasco:
Kirti Azad told News18, "If this was to be decided by the selectors, they should have gone up to the president. Generally, what happens is that when a team is selected – when I was also a national selector – we would select the team and go to the president of the board. He would see, okay it, sign it, and then it would be announced. But it is always the custom that a team after being selected goes to have a look."
The World Cup all-rounder also feels that the way Virat got to know about the changes, he might have felt hurt. Azad also said that the experience of Kohli as a cricketer is far more than that the combined experience of all the selectors.
He further added, "So obviously, if you are changing the captain for any format, you write and inform the president. Virat is not upset, but I feel he is hurt for the way he has been informed. So once it went to Sourav, he could have also unofficially spoken about it. You can understand, I don't want to say this. All the selectors are really great guys, but if you put their total number of matches, it won't be even half of what Virat has played."