NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has refused to comment anything specific over the ongoing white-ball captaincy fiasco following Virat Kohli’s hard-hitting presser.
“Let’s not take this further, I have nothing to say,” Sourav Ganguly told reporters after Virat Kohli’s remarks during his pre-tour press conference on Wednesday, where he cleared his stance over the controversies engulfing Indian cricket.
Asked if there would be any action taken against Virat Kohli after the South Africa tour, Ganguly said, “I have nothing to say. It is the matter of the BCCI and they will only deal with it.”
Earlier, Kohli had contradicted all of Ganguly’s statements that the board had asked the star player to reconsider the decision. “I was never told that I should not leave T20I cricket captaincy. I told the BCCI before giving up the T20I captaincy. I told them my point of view,” he had said.
The 33-year-old cricketers had added: “I told them I will continue as ODI captain and Test captain. I told them at that point that if the office bearers or the selectors don’t want me to handle either of the responsibility, I am fine with it. I said this clearly when I approached the BCCI to discuss my T20I captaincy.”
His comments came after Ganguly had stated that BCCI had requested Virat to not step down as the T20I skipper but he did not agree. “And the selectors then did not feel it right to have two different captains for two white-ball formats,” he had said.
His comments triggered a massive controversy across the country, with Kohli fans still looking for answers from BCCI and Ganguly.
The Virat Kohli-led Indian red-ball squad is in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will take on the Proteas in a three-match Test series. The first test match begins on December 26.
