Former India fielding coach R Sridhar has claimed in his book that Virat Kohli was eager to take over the captaincy from Dhoni in the year 2016.
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The captain who made India the T20 champion. The captain who won the world cup in 2011. The captain who won the ICC Champions Trophy in the year 2013, Virat Kohli The same captain was eager to take leadership from Dhoni as soon as possible. Team India’s former fielding coach R Sridhar has made the same claim in his book. Sridhar claims that there was a time in the year 2016 when Virat Kohli was eager to become the captain. Ravi Shastri pacified Virat Kohli by calling him. No one knows how true this claim is and what is its actual reality, but it is true that allegedly Virat Kohli is having a rift with two more veteran players of India.
Virat Kohli is aggressive. When he was the captain, he used to often fight with the opposing players in the field. But he also had a dispute with Indian veterans. Two of the biggest names in this include former coach Anil Kumble and former captain and BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly.
When Virat got into trouble with Kumble!
In the year 2016, Anil Kumble became the head coach of the Indian cricket team and captain Virat Kohli achieved immense success with him. But after one year, Anil Kumble left Team India. He did not extend the contract for the post of head coach. The reason for this was never told by both of them openly, but claims were made in the media reports that everything was not well between the two.
Former CAG Vinod Rai had made an explosive disclosure on this issue in his book Not Just a Nightwatchman. Vinod Rai revealed that Kumble used to be very disciplined and the young players of Team India were scared of him. The players did not like Kumble’s way of working and Virat Kohli put this forward. After which the relationship between the two did not remain sweet. The result was that Kumble left Team India and Ravi Shastri joined Team India as head coach.
Virat Kohli didn’t even get along with Sourav Ganguly!
A major reason behind Virat Kohli leaving the captaincy of Team India is said to be his feud with former BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly. This matter was never confirmed, but the way both of them gave some statements in the media, it was indicated in the same direction. Virat Kohli had given up the T20 captaincy after the 2021 T20 World Cup but he wanted to captain the ODIs and Tests. Although Virat Kohli left the ODI and Test captaincy after this. Ganguly had also said in a program that he likes Kohli’s attitude but he fights a lot.
After the controversy between Kumble and Ganguly, now former fielding coach Sridhar has made a big claim in his book about Dhoni-Virat’s relationship. Because of this claim, Virat Kohli is in limelight in the media. TV9 Hindi’s sports editor Shivendra Singh has put his point forward on this revelation of Sridhar. Shivendra Singh believes that it is also necessary to mention incidents in such revelations. Shivendra Singh said, ‘I think if some incidents were mentioned then this thing would have looked a bit more authentic. Why Virat was eager to get the captaincy is beyond understanding. Dhoni had already given him the Test captaincy. Virat got that responsibility and status without asking. Then he also knew that sooner or later he would get the captaincy even in limited overs. In such a situation, the thing like colliding with Dhoni is a little less digestible.