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BCCI officials urged Virat Kohli to continue as T20I captain for sake of Indian cricket: Chetan Sharma

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Chairman of the senior national team’s selection committee, Chetan Sharma on Friday, December 31, clarified his stance on the raging controversy surrounding Virat Kohli’s decision to quit T20I captaincy, saying everyone in the selection meeting had informed the then skipper to continue in the top job.

Chetan Sharma’s comments came after he announced India’s 18-man squad for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa, starting January 19.

Chetan Sharma contradicted Virat Kohli’s claims that no one from the board or the selection committee had asked him to reconsider his decision to give up captaincy in the shortest format of the game.

“When the meeting (Selection meeting for the World Cup) started, it (Kohli’s decision) was a surprise for everybody because there was a World Cup coming up in a few days and it’s normal that everybody will have a similar reaction,” Sharma told the press on Friday.

“Whoever was present in the meeting urged Virat Kohli to reconsider his decision. All selectors felt at that time that this could affect the World Cup, all selectors felt this could have been dealt with after the tournament.

“It was told to Virat for the sake of Indian cricket to continue as captain by everybody available in the meeting — all conveners were there, the board officials were there. Everyone told him, who will not tell? When suddenly you get such news, you are in shock as it’s a matter of the World Cup,” he added.

“Everybody requested that we can sit and decide about this after the World Cup but he has his own plans. We respected his decision. Yes, everybody told him to think about it.”

Virat Kohli, in an explosive press conference on December 8, had contradicted Sourav Ganguly’s claims that he had urged the skipper to not quit T20I captaincy.

“When I communicated with the BCCI first about quitting T20I captaincy, I told them that this is my point of view, these are the reasons for my decision, it was received quite well. No one took offence, no one had any hesitation. No one told me that I should not leave the T20I captaincy,” Kohli told the press.

CHETAN SHARMA ON DECISION TO REMOVE VIRAT KOHLI AS ODI CAPTAIN

Meanwhile, Chetan Sharma also clarified that the decision to remove Virat Kohli as ODI captain was announced as early as December 8 to ensure there is no distraction during an important tour like the one in South Africa.

The BCCI did not announce the ODI squad when announcing the Test squad.

“There is no confusion. I was expecting this question,” Sharma said.

“The thing is, it was told by Virat Kohli that he was informed 90 minutes before the press conference see the ODI squad was announced today. We announced i on that day because in the middle of the series, we wanted everybody to concentrate on cricket. You can’t call someone in the middle of the series and inform them you are not the captain.

“We have given time to Virat and as well as Rohit, they can get into the system. This is a question of our communication, selectors have brilliant communication wit3h the board. There is no communication problem with the team management, captain and even with the domestic players.

“We 5 selectors even communicate with every domestic player because it’s our work and duty. There is no communication gap.

“We tried to communicate the fact that we wanted to give the team time. On that day, the Test team was being selected. Virat was informed on the day before the selection meeting. I can’t decide on behalf of everyone as all the 5 selectors need to be involved and then only the captain can be informed.

“When all the selectors decided unanimously, we immediately informed the captain about it,” he added.

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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