BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has termed Virat Kohli as ‘the most important man in Indian cricket’ and has promised to provide ‘the support that he needs’.
Ganguly has taken over as the BCCI President on Wednesday (October 23) and he will be having a chat with the Indian captain, Virat Kohli on Thursday. He believes that Kohli must be given the support that he needs as the captain has the vision of making this team the best in the world.
He said, “I will speak to him tomorrow. He is the most important man in Indian cricket as captain of India. I look it at that way. So we will have a word with him and as I said we will support him in every possible way, he wants to make this team the best in the world. It has been a great team to be honest with the way they have played in the last three to four years.”
It will not only be Virat, but the entire team management including head coach Ravi Shastri will be having a chat with Ganguly. He wants to make the life of team management easier with the help of the meeting.
“It will be a proper discussion and everything will be mutually discussed but be rest assured, we are here to make their life easier, not make their life difficult. Everything is on the basis of performance,” the 47-year-old said.
“Performance is the most important thing and will decide the future of Indian cricket. Virat is the most important man in the entire context. We will support him, we will listen to him. I have been a captain myself so I understand. Mutual respect will be there, opinions and discussions will be there and we will do what is best for the game,” he added.
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Before taking over as President, Ganguly had pointed out that Kohli has not yet won an ICC tournament as captain and he spoke on the matter once again.
He said, “Yes you can say that they have not won a World Cup but you don't win a World Cup every time. Hopefully, we will support him, whatever he wants and we will make sure Indian cricket goes ahead smoothly.”
He rubbed aside the topic of need of split captaincy in Indian cricket stating that the team is currently the best in the world.
“I don't think this question arises. India is winning at the moment. They are probably the best team in the world.”
After Team India whitewashed the Proteas 3-0, Team India captain Virat Kohli talked about having just five Test venues in India. Ganguly will be discussing this matter as well with him and see what he wants.
“In terms of Test venues, we have a lot of states, lot of venues, so we will have to sit with him (Kohli) and see what he wants and take it forward,” Ganguly said.
(Inputs from PTI)
