What did Virat Kohli tell BCCI before appointing Gautam Gambhir as the coach? It was finally revealed

Gautam Gambhir's tenure as the new coach of Team India is starting with the Sri Lanka series and Gambhir had requested Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to play in the ODI series on this tour, which both the star batsmen of Team India accepted as this is Gambhir's first assignment.

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli's relationship seemed to be improving during IPL 2024. (File Photo)Image Credit: RCB

The first series after Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India is going to start soon. From July 27, there will be a T20 series between India and Sri Lanka and then a 3-match ODI series will also be played between these two teams. Team India has been announced for this tour and the most important thing is that captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will return in the ODI series. Now such a thing has come to light, about which fans were making many kinds of speculations and claims as well as jokes on social media. This is the past history of Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli.

With the Kolkata Knight Riders winning the title in IPL 2024, efforts began to make the team's mentor Gautam Gambhir the new head coach of India. Gambhir was leading the race since then. Since then, questions were constantly being raised whether Gambhir and Kohli would be able to work together? Will Kohli be able to coordinate with the new coach Gambhir? These questions were because Gambhir and Kohli had openly quarreled twice during the IPL in the last 10 years and their relationship was said to be bitter.

What did Kohli say to BCCI?

However, in IPL 2024, both of them hugged each other and talked for a long time, indicating that they are moving forward by forgetting the past. Still, this question remained in view of Gambhir's entry in Team India. Now a Cricbuzz report has revealed that during the T20 World Cup, when the team was in Barbados, BCCI officials had talked to Kohli about this. It has been told that Kohli clearly told the BCCI officials that he has no problem working with Gambhir.

Agreed to Gambhir's words

Kohli assured the board that the old issues between the two will not become a problem in their dressing room relations because they know that both are working in the interest of the country. Kohli's words can also be understood from the fact that he agreed to play the ODI series in Sri Lanka. Initially it was believed that he and captain Rohit would stay out of this tour and return directly from the Bangladesh tour. Then a report claimed that Gambhir appealed to both of them to participate in this series and both the star batsmen agreed to it because this is Gambhir's first series as a coach.