Kohli said that there was no prior communication from selectors that he'll no longer be ODI captain.
Kohli, now only the Test captain of the Indian team, also said that there was no prior communication happened between him and the selectors before he was removed as the captain of the ODI team. Kohli said he was just contacted one and half hours ago before the selection meeting on December 8.
"Whatever was said about the communication that happened during the decision that was made was inaccurate. I was contacted one and half hours before the selection meeting on 8th for the Test series," said Kohli while replying to a query from ANI.
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He further said that the chief selector (Chetan Sharma) was the one who said that the selection committee had decided that he would not be told that he will no longer be the ODI captain.
"And there was no prior communication with me since I announced the T20I captaincy decision up till December 8. The chief selector discussed the Test team to which we both agreed before ending the call, I was told the five selectors decided that I would not be told that I will not be ODI captain. Which I replied 'okay fine'. And in the selection call afterward, we chatted about it briefly this is what happened, there was no communication prior to that at all," he further said.
Virat Kohli will lead India in the South Africa Test series which begins in Centurion on December 26.
(ANI inputs)