It has been a tradition that the Indian captain addresses the media before the opening Test match of a series, but it was Dravid who took the questions ahead of the ‘Boxing Day’ Test against South Africa.
Kohli had decided to leave the leadership role in the Twenty20 format and was later replaced Rohit Sharma Even in one day format.
When asked if he has given his opinion on the change in captaincy of the white ball, to be honest, it is the role of the selectors and I am not going into talks that I may or may not have.
Dravid said, “This is not the place and time to do this and discuss that. And the internal conversations I have had are definitely not going to come up in the media and I am not going to start telling people that What have I talked about?” Said in a polite but firm manner.
When Kohli spoke to the media about the change in captaincy 10 days back, it turned into a big storm as he openly denied the claims of the BCCI President. Sourav Ganguly That he was asked to continue as T20 captain as there cannot be two white-ball captains.
Kohli had said that nobody in the BCCI asked him not to give up the T20 captaincy and it created an ugly controversy.
Dravid, himself a former India captain, praised Kohli for his passion for Test cricket and hoped that he would do well in the series.
“Virat has played a huge role in this as a player and a leader. He has been brilliant. He is one of those players who loves Test cricket and really wants to compete.
When asked how he sees Kohli taking the Test team forward, Dravid said, “Hopefully he will have a great series which will benefit the team as well.”
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