BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma resigns amid sting operation controversy

The BCCI's All-India Selection Committee Chairman, Chetan Sharma, has stepped down from his role amid controversy of the recent sting operation. Sharma was recently involved in a sting operation conducted by Zee News which has taken Indian cricket by storm.

In the video, the 57-year-old claimed that there was a massive clash of egos between the Indian cricket team and the management and also made several other controversial statements. Following the sting operation, the chairman of the selection committee has been facing massive backlash from fans regarding the statements made on high-profile cricketers of the national side which included the likes of Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma.

#BCCI chief selector #ChetanSharma resigns from his post. He sent his resignation to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah who accepted it.

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It is understood that, Chetan sent his resignation to the BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, who has accepted the same. Previously, Chetan was sacked after India's campaign came at a screeching halt during the T20 World Cup 2022 down under, but surprisingly, he was re-appointed shortly after.

Had to remove Kohli to have one white-ball captain: Chetan Sharma

During the sting operation, one of the statements he made was regarding the white-ball captaincy. Chetan and his committee decided to strip Kohli from the captaincy role in order to have one white-ball leader.

“Removing someone from captaincy is the job of selectors. We removed him from the ODI captaincy as we wanted to have one white-ball captain. This is normal procedure and even he (Kohli) knows it. After Virat announced that he was giving up the T20I captaincy, the selectors made up their minds to remove him from the ODI captaincy as well,” Sharma said in the viral video.

Another segment of the operation included him speaking on the backlash the management faced from the fans when they dropped Sanju Samson from the side in certain fixtures.

"If you don't include Sanju Samson, on Twitter people blow us off," Chetan was heard saying in the video.