Virat Kohli on Wednesday said that only 90 minutes before the official announcement, he was told that he had been sacked as India’s one-day captain.
After Kohli recently quit as T20 captain after the World Cup and was dropped as ODI captain last week, India’s cricket board said it wants Rohit Sharma to lead in both the white-ball formats. Was.
The surprising announcement comes in a row below a press release by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding the Test squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa.
“I was contacted one and a half hours before the selection meeting on 8th for the Test series and there was no prior communication from me,” Kohli told reporters ahead of the team’s departure for South Africa on Wednesday. Tests and three ODIs.
“Before I ended the call, I was told that the five selectors had decided that I would not be the ODI captain, to which I replied, ‘Okay’,” the 33-year-old said.
Kohli will still captain India in Tests in South Africa, but press reports suggested that he decided to take part in the ODI series later.
But Kohli denied it, telling reporters on Wednesday that he was “available for selection” and hit out at sections of the media for “writing lies”.
He said, ‘I was always eager to play.
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