10 biggest cricket controversies of 2021
Barring the good boys of international cricket (New Zealand), almost every other international team experienced controversial acts happening both on and off the field.
7. Rohit Sharma replacing Virat Kohli as ODI captain
Not long ago before the 2021 World T20, Virat Kohli had stated about giving up T20I captaincy. In order to further manage his workload, King Kohli also decided to step down from leading his IPL franchise – RCB. But the Indian captain while expressing his statement had desired to continue to lead the national team in both ODIs and Tests.
However, a staggering decision by the BCCI to make Rohit Sharma the next ODI captain sparked a mammoth controversy between Virat Kohli and the board. As per the reports, the BCCI president had claimed that the selectors had requested Kohli not to step down as the T20I captain as they did not want to have a different skipper for two different white-ball formats.
But when Virat Kohli during his latest press conference, didn’t acknowledge any such kind of statements either by the selectors or by the BCCI president, eventually the entire incident was labelled to be Virat Kohli vs The BCCI. In response, the 33-year old also has claimed that he was informed an hour and a half before the Test squad was revealed that he would no longer lead the ODI side.
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