ViratKohli finally spoke about his communication with BCCI, one week after the BCCIPresident Sourav Ganguly gave his statement over the matter. Ganguly said thathe had 'requested' Virat to not step down as T20s captain.
Virat Kohlistated that he was not asked to leave the captaincy. Kohli announced hisdecision regarding leaving his captaincy in T20 format before the 2021 T20World Cup. Virat's captaincy was taken over by Rohit Sharma. He also took overthe captaincy in ODI format last week.
Kohliin a press conference talked about his communication with BCCI and said, "Ishared my opinion with them and I was not asked to not leave the captaincy. Instead, it was considered a progressive step for the team."
He furthersaid that His communication was very clear. If the selectors and board membersfeel that he shouldn't continue as captain, then the decision will be in theirhands."
After Kohli'sclarification, fans are criticizing Sourav Ganguly for lying to them. Twitteris fully loaded with tweets condemning Sourav Ganguly. Fans asked him to resignfrom BCCI.
Regardinghis ODI captaincy, Virat said that he doesn't know about this decision. He was informedjust 90 minutes before the selection meeting. He was told that he will not bethe ODI captain, there was no prior communication about the matter.