Couldn't afford ‘too much of leadership’, says Ganguly on Rohit replacing Kohli as ODI skipper
The Hindu
“Bottom line, there can't be two white ball captains”
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said that once Virat Kohli refused to continue as India's T20 captain, the selectors made up their mind to a as the national team couldn't afford "too much leadership" with two separate captains in the limited-overs format.
The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit the captain of the ODI side going into the 2023 ODI World Cup and Ganguly, in an interaction with PTI, opened up on the issue, asserting that the incumbent was spoken to and duly accepted the decision.
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