There were reports doing the rounds that some of the senior players had called up Jay Shah and complained about Virat Kohli after the conclusion of the World Test Championship final.
But the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer Arun Dhumal has rubbished the media reports and said that no Indian player made any complaints regarding the matter.
“The media must stop writing this rubbish. Let me say this on the record that no Indian cricketer has made any complaint to the BCCI - written or verbal. The BCCI can't keep answering every false report that keeps appearing. The other day, we saw some reports saying there will be changes in India's World Cup squad. Who said that?", BCCI treasurer Dhumal was quoted as saying the Times of India on Wednesday.
"This kind of reporting harms Indian cricket more than anything else,” he further added.
According to the reports, Test mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane also faced the heat after the WTC final defeat in the dressing room while another cricketer in the side had alleged that Kohli was making him feel insecure in the team. If the sources were to be believed then that player was R Ashwin.
Kohli had earlier the announcement that he would be stepping down from the T20I captaincy after the World T20 is over and a number of speculations had been made since then. Though, the right-handed batsman had cited workload as the reason for taking the call.