Kohli on Karun Nair’s exclusion: “I don’t think I’m in a place to speak about that”

Dixit Bhargav | 03/10/2018
Kohli on Karun Nair's exclusion

Kohli on Karun Nair’s exclusion: The Indian captain was vocal about Karun Nair’s exclusion from the Test side ahead of the series vs West Indies.

After being unfairly dropped from the Indian Test team, it seems as if there is no stopping the opinions on Karun Nair’s exclusion. The 26-year old right-hand batsman was included in the squad for the England tour only to see Hanuma Vihari (brought mid-way in the series) given a go ahead of him and him getting dropped for the subsequent series.

Expecting an explanation from the concerned individuals, numerous former cricketers have advocated for Nair in this whole farce. Chief selector MSK Prasad had recently commented on giving an unpleasant news to a player is a hard job.

During a press conference ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Rajkot, Kohli was asked the same. Kohli was of the opinion that it is the selectors’ job and that he can’t speak about it at all. “It’s not my place to say because there are three selectors doing their job. Again, as I said, people conveniently converge everything and make it a circle where everyone is doing their job and not focusing on what people are saying on the outside,” Kohli was quoted,

Kohli further added he isn’t at the helm regarding everything which happens in Indian cricket. He said, “If person has spoke about a certain thing, it should be clear then. It shouldn’t be brought in here again. There are three guys doing the job of selecting a team and the chief selector has already spoken to the player [of what I know]. I don’t think I am in a place to comment about that because selection is not my part of the job.

“It’s upon three individuals to do what they are doing and then as a team we have to do what we are doing. The confusion right now is that people are combining everything in one space and thinking everything is happening from one place which is not true and the selector has already clarified that. I don’t think I’m in a place to speak about that.”

Below are some of the Twitter reactions on Nair’s exclusion from the Test team:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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