It has been seven months since Virat Kohli decided to resign as the Indian skipper from all formats of the game but the topic still garners attention. Kohli had resigned as India’s T20I captain, but in a cat and mouse game, the BCCI replaced him with Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI captaincy as well via a simple tweet. The entire development caused a huge uproar in the Indian cricket fraternity with the whole Kohli vs Ganguly saga getting escalated.

Then in January, Virat Kohli announced his resignation as India’s Test captain as well, officially bringing an end to his captaincy era. Call it coincidence or plain bad luck, Kohli has been struggling with the bat as well ever since. With Kohli appearing out of it mentally, fans began to wonder whether the BCCI messed up with him so much that it had an adverse impact on his batting, but board treasurer Arun Dhumal has dismissed all the rumors.

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With Kohli being given constant breaks, many argue if it is the right call and whether he still fits in India’s World Cup plans. To that, Dhumal replied saying that Kohli’s selection is entirely up to the selectors.

During a cat with Vimal Kumar, the BCCI official said, “See… as far as Virat is concerned, he is not a simple player. He is a great and his contribution to Indian cricket is unparalleled. It is outstanding. So, such conversations (board is trying to sideline Kohli) keep taking place in the media and it does not affect us. We want that he returns to form soon, and as far as team selection is concerned, we leave it to selectors. It is their call as to how they want to go about it.”

Shedding light on the controversial chapter of Virat Kohli’s captaincy, Arun Dhumal said that the decision was entirely Virat’s, and that the BCCI, like everyone, cannot wait for the former Indian skipper to be back at his run-scoring best.

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Arun Dhumal explained, “As far as the issue of captaincy is concerned, it was his call. He decided that mujhe ab nahi karni hai captaincy (that I don’t want to captain). It is possible that someone feels it’s best to do it after the World Cup but that is their point of view. But he wanted to quit, and it was purely his decision. And we respected it. See he has contributed so much to Indian cricket that everyone in the cricket board respects him. We would like to see Virat in action on the ground.”