Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has opened up about the captaincy saga and said that the Test captain Virat Kohli has told his side of the story and it’s now time for the BCCI President to say his version.
“With good communication, this can be handled better,” Ravi Shastri said while speaking at The Indian Express e.Adda. “Virat has given his side of the story. It needs the board president to give his side of the story. It’s not about who’s lying and who’s not. It’s not right to jump into there until you know what was the actual conversation.”
But Shastri admitted that once Kohli had decided to step down from the T20I captaincy, the team could have only one white-ball skipper.
“You should have one captain for white-ball cricket. Rohit Sharma is the T20 captain, so he should be the white-ball captain as well,” Shastri said.
Earlier, Kohli was removed from the ODI captaincy as well after he stepped down from the post in T20Is. Ganguly later said that he had asked Kohli to not step down as the T20I captain and further added that the selectors weren’t really keen on having two limited-overs leaders.
But Kohli’s version was a bit different one as he revealed that he was told about the ODI captaincy snub some 90 minutes before the announcement of the Test squad for South Africa series.