Kohli says -respect Anil Bhai , I will not talk about the dressing room.
Team India is fully prepared for the ODI series against the West Indies. On Friday, Virat Bigrid will play his first match in Port of Spain. But for some time now Kohli-Kumble controversy will not leave Team India. Virat Kohli did not say much in the press conference before the match. Virat Kohli said that he wants to maintain the purity of the dressing room and he will never say what happened inside. Whatever happens in the dressing room is very sacred to all of us. This is something that I can not speak in detail in the public scene.
Kohli said that Anil Bhai kept his thoughts and decided to withdraw. We all respect their decision. Kohli said that we have created a culture in the last 3-4 years that whatever happened in the dressing room, do not go outside. We have tried to maintain it. This is paramount for us. I respect Anil Bhai’s opinion.
Kohli said that he and his players always respected Kumble’s achievements as a player. The captain explained very vigilantly that he would not talk about the role of coach Kumble. He said, I respect him as a cricketer and he has achieved the achievement for the country by playing for so many years. The respect can not be withdrawn from them. We all respect them wholeheartedly. When asked about the approach during his coaching in Kumble, he persisted on his point of view, as I said that the most important dressing room for me is to maintain the confidentiality and whatever is in the changing room, She is quite personal and important for all of us.
It is worth mentioning that Anil Kumble was given the responsibility of coach post in June 2016. His contract had ended last year, but the board had asked him to stay till the West Indies tour . However, Kumble resigned from his post while deciding not to go to the West Indies. Anil Kumble tweeted the reason for this. He has written that the BCCI told him that the team captain has trouble with his style of functioning. The BCCI has retained its remaining coaching staff for the West Indies series, MV Sridhar is managing the team. India will play five ODIs and one Twenty20 match in the West Indies.
The news came that the differences between Kumble and Captain Virat Kohli were so deep that the talks were not held between the two for the last few months but for the whole six months. The BCCI tried to end the dispute between the two but they were neutral and Kumble had to go.
Recently the news came that the BCCI Chief Advisory Committee (CAC), which includes veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, had given green signal to continue playing the role of Kumble as coach, but according to BCCI sources The green flag was also conditional, in which the Kumble was asked to end all the differences with Virat.
