Former India player Manoj Tiwary opined that the whole saga between Virat Kohli and the BCCI should have been handled more maturely and it shouldn’t have come out in public. Tiwary also believes that Kohli’s exit as captaincy will impact the team big time.
Notable that Virat Kohli stepped down from the test captaincy after the series loss against South Africa. Earlier he left the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup and he was sacked from ODI captaincy right before the South Africa tour.
Kohli’s resignation from T20I captaincy right before the World Cup shifted the team’s focus, opines Manoj Tiwary
In a pre-departure tour press conference, Virat Kohli showed his disappointment over the treatment he received from the BCCI as he also contradicted Sourav Ganguly’s statement in which the BCCI president said that he personally asked Kohli to reconsider his resignation from T20 captaincy.
Speaking to Sportskeeda in an interview, Manoj Tiwary opined that the whole saga had left the team in a bad space. He insisted that the matter could have been dealt with in a better way.
“It affects the team environment for sure. A healthy and good atmosphere is necessary to be in a good space, as a team and also as an individual. Everyone has seen that things haven’t been going well between the BCCI and Virat. It shouldn’t have happened in public,” Manoj Tiwary spoke to Sportskeeda.
“There are mature people on both sides, so these things shouldn’t come out in public. As a sports fan, it has made me unhappy. What it does is it transfers the energy, whether good or bad, to others because whoever is close to one individual will subconsciously keep thinking about this controversy,” he added.
Tiwary also pointed out that Kohli could have timed his resignation from the T20I captaincy a bit better as announcing it right before the tournament shifted the team’s focus. Notable that India was knocked out from the T20 World Cup in the group stage after facing two thrashing defeats against Pakistan & New Zealand.
“The T20 World Cup was our priority a few months back, but Virat announced his intention to relinquish the T20I captaincy just before the tournament. Now that’s not what you would expect from a captain as a fan. All your energy should’ve been focused on the T20 World Cup.” Manoj Tiwary stated
“However, once the focus shifted to the captaincy issue, the problem began to snowball into a bigger controversy that could’ve been avoided. The problem could’ve been resolved via a face-to-face meeting, which I think didn’t happen,” he added.
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