Ganguly clarifies on Captaincy row

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said that once Virat Kohli stepped down as India’s T20 skipper, the selectors made up their mind to hand the ODI reins to Rohit Sharma as the national team couldn’t afford ‘too much leadership with two separate captains for limited overs cricket.

The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit the captain of the ODI team heading into the 2023 World Cup in India and Ganguly opened up on the recent development, asserting that the incumbent was spoken to and duly accepted the decision.

We had requested Virat not to step down as T20 captain, but he didn’t want to continue. So, the selectors felt that they cannot have two white-ball captains in two white-ball formats. That’s too much of leadership, Ganguly said.

Kohli stepped down as T20 captain after India’s disastrous World Cup campaign in the UAE in October-November. Ganguly said the selectors felt that multiple leaders in white-ball formats would lead to confusion and that is why the Chetan Sharma-led committee suggested that it would be better to have one captain.

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