It has been a couple of weeks since Indian cricket found itself to be divided among two halves, each siding with either the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly or the Test captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, on the matter of how Kohli’s leadership in ODI cricket was taken away from him. 

Before leaving for South Africa for a three-Test series followed by as many ODIs, Kohli was a part of a press conference in which he said a few things that were in complete contrast with what Ganguly had said just a couple of days before.

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One of the biggest discussions that have been revolving around the two sides was the matter of how the BCCI dealt with Kohli’s decision to step down as the T20I captain of the Men in Blue back in September 2021.

While Ganguly maintained that he had made a “personal request” to Kohli to rethink his decision to quit and remain the leader in the shortest format of the game, the 33-year-old said that the entire BCCI organisation was absolutely fine with his call to quit captaincy and focus on becoming a better batter. 

He emphasised that the Indian cricket board had welcomed this call with open arms too.

Therefore, the narrative around one of the two sides definitely lying about this issue has been in the air ever since and not a lot of clarity has been given by either side. 

Under such circumstances, the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, a competitor who played against both Ganguly and Kohli during his time at the international level, Shahid Afridi expressed his take on the ongoing matter.

During an interview at Samaa TV, Afridi said that he felt as if the matter could have been handled in a better manner by the BCCI and that the selection committee should have been clearer in their communication about their plans with regards to any individual player. 

Afridi further added that talking about such important things in media may not be the most effective way to find a solution and that talking “face-to-face” might be the better approach to follow for proper and non-controversial end results.

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