Gavaskar questions Kohli’s position as skipper post WC debacle

New Delhi, July 29 

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has questioned why Virat Kohli has automatically continued in his position as skipper even though his appointment ended with the ODI World Cup. 

The former India skipper feels that there should have been a formal meeting to re-appoint Kohli. “That they selected the team for West Indies without first having a meeting to select the captain brings up the question of whether Virat Kohli is the captain of the team at his or the selection committee’s pleasure,” Gavaskar wrote in a column. “To the best of our knowledge his (Kohli’s) appointment was till the World Cup. After that, it was incumbent on the selectors to meet, even if it was for five minutes, for his re-appointment,” he added.

Gavaskar also questioned the way Kohli is getting his choice of team. “Speaking of lame ducks, the Indian selection committee appears to be one. After the re-appointment, he (captain) gets invited to the meeting for his views on selecting the players for the team. By bypassing the procedure, the message that goes out is that while the players like Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik get dropped after below-par expectations, the captain continues despite much below par expectations where the team did not even reach the final,” Gavaskar added. — IANS

Expect WI to give tough competition to India

India-West Indies series have always seen explosive action and I don’t expect anything less this time around. With the current form of the West Indies team, I look forward to them giving a tough competition to the Indian side — Vivian Richards