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Was Contacted 1.5 Hours Before Selection Of Test team: Kohli On Being Removed As ODI Skipper

Mumbai: Team India’s Test captain Virat Kohli addressed a press conference for the first time after replacing Rohit Sharma as the captain in ODIs.

Kohli broke his silence by saying that he was contacted one-and-a-half hours before the selection committee meeting, where he was informed about the BCCI’s decision to remove him as the ODI captain.

Rohit Sharma was named India’s new ODI captain last week and took over the reins from Kohli as India prepare for the South Africa series. Kohli said that he was contacted only one and a half hours before the selection meeting on December 8.

“Whatever was said about the communication that happened during the decision that was made was inaccurate. I was contacted one and half hours before the selection meeting on 8th for the Test series,” said Kohli while replying to a query from ANI.

“And there was no prior communication with me since I announced the T20I captaincy decision up till December 8. The chief selector discussed the Test team to which we both agreed Before ending the call, I was told the five selectors decided that I would not be told that I will not be ODI captain. Which I replied ‘okay fine,” he further said.

“And in the selection call afterwards we chatted about it briefly this is what happened, there was no communication prior to that at all,” he added.

Kohli will lead India in the South Africa Test series from December 26

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