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Ganguly shouldn't have spoken on Virat Kohli captaincy issue: Vengsarkar

Virat Kohli in a media conference said that no one from BCCI told him not to quit T20 captaincy, contrary to Ganguly's claims

Ganguly shouldn't have spoken on Virat Kohli captaincy issue: Vengsarkar

Vengsarkar feels Sourav Ganguly wasn't right in airing his views on behalf of national selectors Virat Kohli's captaincy saga which has triggered a controversy

Kohli-led India team lands in South Africa for three-match Test series

The Indian cricket team, led by skipper Virat Kohli, landed here on Thursday for the three-match Test series against South Africa, beginning on the Boxing Day at Centurion.

BCCI unlikely to take any hasty step with Test series round the corner

Virat Kohli's media conference has forced a shell-shocked BCCI into a huddle as it explores its options on how to deal with the crisis while ensuring that the team is not distracted by off-field drama

IND vs SA: Off-field issues bring stern challenge for 'crisis man' Dravid

Egos, ambitions, power struggle, startling revelations -- Indian cricket has seen it all in the last few months and the mess has created a tricky situation for eternal 'crisis man', Rahul Dravid

SA vs India: Kohli-led Indian squad begins training for first Test

The Virat Kohli-led Indian Test squad has begun preparation for the South Africa tour ahead of the first Test which gets underway from December 26.South Africa and India will lock horns in the three-match Test series before the two sides meet in the limited-overs format.The Indian squad held their first practice session on Saturday to gear up for the South Africa tour."#TeamIndia begin preparations for the first Test in Centurion Stadium. First practice session done," BCCI tweeted the pictures from the practice session.The Indian Test squad arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday. Rohit Sharma will be missing the upcoming Test series after the hamstring injury and Priyank Panchal was named as the replacement.Meanwhile, the All-India Senior selection committee on Saturday named KL Rahul as vice-captain for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa.

'Will deal with it': Ganguly declines comment on Kohli's bombshell remarks

A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it

Not good to point fingers on anybody, Kohli's timing not right: Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev feels Kohli's statements that exposed his differences with the BCCI on the issue of captaincy were ill-timed as they created an unsavoury controversy just ahead of South Africa tour

Ganguly needs to clear air on Kohli's comments on captaincy issue: Gavaskar

Gavaskar feels Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli's contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy

IND v SA: Indian Test team, led by Virat Kohli, departs for South Africa

The Indian Test cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed for South Africa early on Thursday morning to take part in a three-match series starting with a Boxing Day Test from December 26 in Centurion

Virat Kohli-led Indian red-ball squad departs for South Africa tour

Virat Kohli-led Indian red-ball squad departed for South Africa to lock horns with Proteas in the three-match Test series.India and South Africa will lock horns in the Test series which gets underway from December 26.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday shared pictures of the departure of the Indian Test squad."All buckled up. South Africa bound," BCCI tweeted.Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa after a hamstring injury during the practice session.Kohli said Team India will miss Rohit's abilities in the upcoming tour of South Africa."Will miss his abilities a lot. He's proven in England already that he's really worked his Test game out, and the opening partnership was very important for us to play in that series. Obviously, with his experience and skill, we will miss those qualities," said Virat Kohli in a virtual conference."That said, it's an opportunity for Mayank [Agarwal] and KL [Rahul] to step up and ...

White-ball captaincy change brings Kohli and Ganguly at loggerheads

A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, Ganguly told ANI that he had indeed spoken to Virat regarding the leadership change adding, that he had requested Virat to not give up the T20I captaincy

Rohit will have my 100% support, tired of questions on our equation: Kohli

Kohli said he was never spoken to about being replaced till 90 minutes before the scheduled team selection meeting for the South Africa tour

Wasn't asked to reconsider decision to quit T20I captaincy: Virat Kohli

Shortly before the start of this year's T20 World Cup in the UAE, Kohli had announced his decision to step down as India's T20I captain after the tournament

We can do something special in South Africa this time around: Kohli

India would look to improve on their recent impressive record overseas when they take on South Africa in a three-match Test series, starting December 26, under Kohli's captaincy

Was contacted 1.5 hours before selection of Test team: Virat Kohli

Rohit Sharma was named India's new ODI skipper last week and he takes the reins from Kohli as India gear up for the South Africa series

I am available for ODI series in South Africa, clarifies Kohli

India will play three Tests against South Africa, starting December 26, followed by as many ODIs in January

If Azhar has info on rift in Team India, he should tell us: Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar has said that Mohammad Azharuddin should not have alluded to a rift between Test skipper Virat Kohli and the newly-appointed white-ball captain Rohit Sharma.

None bigger than sport: Anurag Thakur on alleged rift between Kohli, Sharma

After Mohammad Azharuddin had tweeted about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, \Anurag Thakur said there is no player bigger than the game

'Nobody bigger than sport': Thakur on alleged rift between Virat, Rohit

Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said there is no player bigger than the game.