BCCI secretary Jay Shah has supported Virat Kohli’s decision to opt out of the ongoing Test series against England. He has said that the batter has the right to take leave according to some urgency.
Kohli had opted out of the Indian squad for the first two Tests of the series, citing personal reasons. However, after the team announcement for the remaining three matches of the series, it was confirmed that Kohli would not be able to join the squad for this whole series.
While talking to the media before India’s third Test against England in Rajkot, Shah stated that Virat Kohli is not the type of player to request leave without a valid reason.
“If somebody is asking for a personal leave in 15 years then it is his right to ask for it. Virat is not that kind of a player that he would ask for a leave without any reason. We must back and trust our players. We will talk about Virat later,” said Shah.
Shah further mentioned that the National Cricket Academy (NCA) would provide guidance regarding players’ participation in domestic tournaments. He also said that the management won’t tolerate any abrupt behaviour by the players.
“Whatever advice we get from the NCA — say suppose somebody’s body is not able to handle both white-ball and red-ball cricket — so we do not want to impose anything in that regard. (It applies to) whoever is fit and young — we are not going to tolerate any other tantrums. This message is for all centrally contracted players,” said Shah.
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“Everyone will have to play, otherwise, the chairman of the selection committee has given me his suggestions and I am going to give him a free hand to let him take his own calls freely,” Shah added.
