BCCI vice-president and former manager of the Indian team Rajeev Shukla spilt beans on the fateful night of July 13, 2002, the Natwest final between India and England when skipper Sourav Ganguly decided to remove his shirt and wave it off after thrilling win at Lord's.
Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli last played T20I cricket during India's defeat against England in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2022 but have reportedly made themselves available for the upcoming T20 series against Afghanistan.
Sourav Ganguly was the BCCI President when Virat Kohli stepped down from India's Test captaincy after the loss in the South Africa Test series. Ganguly claimed he did not remove Kohli from the top post and it was Kohli who did not want to lead in T20Is.
Rohit Sharma has been rested for India's white-ball series against South Africa. Since the official word is 'rest', it means that doors for him and Virat Kohli are still not closed in T20Is for India and former captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly also bats Rohit for captaincy.
India skipper Rohit Sharma is leading from the front in the ongoing ODI World Cup in the country. He has taken the aggressive approach with the bat and has also impressed with his astute captaincy. But Ganguly has revealed that Rohit wasn't keen to take up full time India captaincy.
Team India has won eight out of their eight games in the ongoing World Cup 2023 and is at the top of the points table with a total of 16 points in their kitty. India are left to play the Netherlands in their final round-robin stage fixture before the semifinal.
Sourav Ganguly picked Yuzvenra Chahal and Prasidh Krishna as backup bowling options in his India World Cup 2023 squad.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill equalled the record for the highest opening partnership for India in T20Is, held by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in the fourth match against West Indies.
Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma haven't played T20Is since India's embarrassing exit from ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
"Pakistan better qualify so that we will have the India-Pakistan semi-final at the Eden Gardens," the former India captain added.
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"Somebody like Pujara can't be dropped, then picked, dropped again and then picked. Same with Ajinkya Rahane also," Ganguly added.
His tenure of Y category security expired recently and the decision to upgrade his security was taken on May 16.
Earlier, PT Usha expressed her disappointment with the decision of protests by the wrestlers.
Virat Kohli had unfollowed Ganguly on the said social media platform following a handshake controversy after RCB vs DC match in IPL 2023.
