'Selectors, BCCI officials urged Kohli to continue as T20I captain'

Contradicting Virat Kohlis statement Chetan Sharma Indias chief selector on Friday said that everyone present at the meeting selectors as well as BCCI officials had requested the star batter to reconsider his decision to quit the T20I captaincyChetan said that Kohlis announcement just ahead of the 2021 T20 World Cup to relinquish Indias 20overs captaincy following the tournament came as a shock for the selectors and the board officials present at the meetingThe chief selectors comments completely contradicted Virats claims that no one from the board or the selection committee had asked him to reconsider his decision to give up captaincy in the shortest format of the gameWhen the meeting started it was a surprise for everyone With the World Cup coming up that news surprised us Chetan Sharma said in a virtual press conferenceEveryone in the meeting said that you should think about your decision and we can speak about it after the World Cup We all felt that it will affect the performance at World Cup It was told to Virat for the sake of the Indian team please continue as the captainEveryone present there said that the selectors as well as the board officials who were there He has his fans We respect him if he has taken a decision but back then everyone asked him to think about it he addedThe chairman of the selection panel also mentioned that once Kohli had given up T20I captaincy the selectors had to take a call on his ODI future as well of which they informed him after having a meeting among themselvesAs soon as the selection committee came to the point of having one whiteball captain I called up Virat in the afternoon Because it was a Test selection we didnt want him to inform him in the selection meeting After the meeting we informed him that there will be one whiteball captain We had a good conversation and he agreed with us he saidThe 55year old Sharma also admitted that the decision to replace Virat Kohli as the skipper of the ODI team was taken by his panel following the 33yearolds decision to relinquish T20I captaincyThe selectors decided to have one whiteball captain It was a hard decision but selectors have to take hard decisions You take hard decisions even while making the Playing XI I know Virat is an important player for us in the coming days and coming years he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever