Virat Kohli sent letter to BCCI after midnight to cancel 5th Test against England, says David Gower

David Gower believes that if the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is linked to the cancellation, then it would be very disappointing for the fans.

India’s fifth and final Test against England in Manchester was cancelled at the last moment due to COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp. The cancellation wasn’t without it’s share of controversies though with former England captain David Gower now claiming that Kohli had sent a mail to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at midnight asking them to call-off the Test match. “Wow! No one, least of all I, saw that coming. It leads us into unprecedented territories,” Gower was quoted as saying by Cricket.com. “I mean I know other matches have been abandoned... sometimes a few balls bowled and various other circumstances but to have the thing called off at the last moment – Virat Kohli sending letters to the BCCI at midnight, the day before – the whole sequence of events needs explaining a little bit better,” he added. Gower believes that if the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is linked to the cancellation, then it would be very disappointing for the fans.