Indian cricket team Chief selector of Indian cricket team Chetan Sharma revealed some shocking secrets in Zee news sting operation.
ON VIRAT KOHLI’S ODI CAPTAINCY
We, selectors, removed Virat Kohli from the ODI captaincy because we didn’t want 2 separate white ball captains. Sourav Ganguly asked Virat Kohli to reconsider his decision on the captaincy, but it seems he probably didn’t listen. There were 8-9 people in the meeting.
PLAYERS TAKE INJECTIONS TO PLAY AND STAY FIT FOR GAME
The players are not fit but they take injections to play. They are ready to play even at 80% fitness. They take injections and start playing. Jaspirt Bumrah was unable to bend as he had a major injury other than that there are one or two players who take injections in private and say that they are fit to play.
NO BATTLE BETWEEN VIRAT AND ROHIT
There is no battle between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma but there is ego. Both are like big film stars you can say, Amitabh Bachan and Dharmendra (JAI aur VEERU).
ISHAN KISHAN’S DOUBLE HUNDRED
Chief Selector Chetan Sharma said that Ishan Kishan’s double hundred against Bangladesh in an ODI and Shubman Gill’s sensational white-ball cricket form has put the careers of Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, and Shikhar Dhawan in darkness.
SOURAV GANGULY DISLIKED VIRAT KOHLI
Chief Selector Chetan Sharma revealed that former India skipper Virat Kohli started to consider himself ‘bigger than the game’.
Don’t say Sourav Ganguly favored Rohit Sharma, say Ganguly disliked Virat Kohli”.
HARDIK PANDYA TO TAKE OVER AS CAPTAIN
In the T201 format, strong starters like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are given “rest” to give Shubman Gill an opportunity.
He stated that Hardik Pandya would take over as captain in the long run and that Rohit Sharma would no longer be a part of the T201 setup.
PLAYERS GO TO CHETAN SHARMA’S HOME
Hardik Pandya is the future of India. He’s the most humble cricketer. He came to my house recently.
Payers come to my home to talk about their future. Hardik Pandya was sleeping on my sofa that day and talking to me.
Sanju Samson is well below the pecking order as the selectors have preferred the likes of KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, and Rishabh Pant as wicketkeeper-batsman.
SELECTORS RUN THE CRICKET IN INDIA
We 5 people (selectors) run the Cricket in India. We decide the present and future. Rohit Sharma talks with me for 30 minutes on phone. Hardik, Umesh, and Deepak Hooda visited my house recently. They trust me.
