New Delhi: Back from a well-deserved break, Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has decided to get into the groove by playing in the second four-day ‘Test’ against Australia ‘A’ in Chennai from July 28-31.
“Virat Kohli had requested the selection committee for some match practice and wanted to play a game against Australia A. He will be playing the second four day game against Australia A,” secretary Anurag Thakur said at post selection press conference.
When Sandeep Patil was asked as to who will lead the side, the chairman said: “Cheteshwar Pujara is the designated captain and he will lead the side.”
Actually with the team being decided in 30 minutes, there were discussions on various long term issues and Virat mooted the point of playing a first class game.
The reason being it will be proper match situation and Chepauk pitch being pretty similar to Sri lankan wickets will provide him with match simulation.
‘Raman is an employee not decision-maker’
The BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on Thursday made it clear that they would not rush to any decision regarding the controversial IPl Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman’s fate amid calls for his ouster, terming him a mere “employee and not a decision maker”.
“There is no verdict against him (Raman). There is an enquiry going on. See when we took over, there was an enquiry against these two teams (CSK and RR) as well. Why do you want us to hush up, rush up and say that we want to take this decision against this gentleman,” Thakur said.
Contrary to earlier regime when Raman was perceived to be one of the most powerful figures in the Board, Thakur categorically stated that Raman is merely “an employee”.
“Sundar Raman is an employee of the Board and he does not have that say to be a decision maker in the Board. It is the members who take decisions.” he said.