Chetan Sharma, India's chief selector, admitted on Friday (December 31) that the decision to replace Virat Kohli as the skipper of the ODI team was taken by his panel following the 33-year-old's decision to relinquish T20I captaincy. Chetan also clarified that everyone present at the meeting - selectors as well as BCCI president Sourav Ganguly - had requested Kohli to reconsider his decision.
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'Everyone in the meeting told Virat, for the sake of Indian team, please continue as captain'
Kohli had earlier denied that anyone discouraged him from giving up the captaincy. © BCCI
"It was the decision of the selectors to have one white-ball captain," Chetan said on the sidelines of the
