"Made Him The Captain Because...": Sourav Ganguly Opens Up On Decision To Replace Rohit Sharma With Virat Kohli

03.03.2024 - 13:53 sports.ndtv.com

Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has opened up on his decision to replace Virat Kohli with Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Indian men's cricket team.

Rohit replaced Virat as the full-time captain of India after the latter stepped down from his role in Tests and T20Is in 2022.

Back then, Ganguly was the BCCI chief and there were reports of a possible rift between him and Kohli. Ganguly had earlier revealed that the BCCI had asked Kohli to reconsider his decision to step down as T20I captain.

On the decision to replace Kohli, the former India captain Ganguly said that he saw huge potential in Rohit, considering his record in the Indian Premier League.

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