India tour of West Indies: Just when everyone thought Indian skipper Virat Kohli would answer the questions regarding his rift with Rohit Sharma, the captain decided against holding a customary pre-departure press conference.
India tour of West Indies: Just when everyone thought Indian skipper Virat Kohli would answer the questions regarding his rift with Rohit Sharma, the captain decided against holding a customary pre-departure press conference.
According to a report by India Today, Kohli will not be holding a press conference - which is a norm before the team leaves for a series. The side is supposed to leave for the US on Monday, with 2 T20I games scheduled in Florida followed by another T20I, 3 ODIs and 2 Test matches in West Indies.
The members of the Test side – leaving those who are already in West Indies with India A team – will travel later.
The batting heavyweights remain the core of the team and have shared a healthy relationship on the field. However, with reports of differences between the captain and vice-captain have not been cleared and the two have remained tight-lipped about the whole incident.
It is, however, said that the skipper will attend a promotional event on Monday morning before boarding the flight but will not take any questions regarding the tour.
The BCCI has also modified the family clause, empowering the captain and coach to decide on any deviation in family time during the tour.
Kohli-Rohit rift:
The trouble apparently started after the loss to England in the World Cup round-robin stage. The bowling unit supposedly felt humiliated after the team meeting.
“The bowlers were given a showdown after the loss and they felt that it wasn’t just a case of bad bowling and there were more areas that needed to be looked into before pointing fingers at the bowling unit,” a source in the know of developments said, according to India Today.
The reports of rift between the two were fueled after Rohit Sharma “unfollowed” skipper Virat Kohli’s wife Anushka Sharma on Instagram.
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