“Some BCCI Officials…”: Yuvraj Singh On How He Missed Out On India Captaincy

Yuvraj Singh starred for the Indian cricket crew in its golden part. He was one of many high performers when India received the 2007 World T20 and the 2022 ICC World Cup. Nonetheless, he may by no means lead India as a full-time captain. The nice all-rounder has now opened up on the explanation why MS Dhoni was chosen over him for the 2007 World T20 regardless of him being the ODI vice-captain within the previous tour of England. Singh stated as a result of he took Sachin Tendulkar’s facet throughout a tumultuous interval in Indian cricket below coach Greg Chappell, some BCCI officers won’t have wished him to develop into the India captain.

Former Australian cricket crew participant Chappell was the India coach from 2005 to 2007. Throughout that interval he had spats with each Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. The latter, in his biopic ‘Sachin: A Billion Goals’, stated: “Quite a few senior gamers disagreed with the way by which Chappell was dealing with our facet. Simply earlier than a month from the World Cup, he made drastic modifications within the batting order that affected everybody within the facet.”

Chappell’s selections led to discomfort within the camp, and Singh stated that his stance within the incident led to him by no means changing into a full-time Indian cricket crew captain.

“I used to be purported to be the captain. Then the Greg Chappell incident occurred. It had develop into Chappell or Sachin. I used to be in all probability the one participant who supported…that I assist my teammate. And there have been lots of people within the…A few of the BCCI officers didn’t like that. It was stated that they need to make anyone the captain however not myself. That is what I heard. I’m not certain how true it’s. All of the sudden from vice-captaincy I used to be eliminated. Sehwag was not there within the crew. So, out of nowhere Mahi turned captain for the 2007 T20 World Cup. I believed I used to be going to be the captain,” Singh instructed Sanjay Manjrekar throughout an interview on Sports18.

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“Viru was senior however he was not on the England tour. I used to be the vice-captain of the ODI crew whereas Rahul was the captain. So, I used to be purported to be the captain. Clearly, it was a choice that went towards me however I’ve no regrets about it. In the present day, if the identical factor occurs, I’ll nonetheless assist my teammate.

“After some time, I believed Mahi was getting actually good in captaincy. He was in all probability the precise man to guide in ODI cricket. Then I began getting injured quite a bit. Even when I used to be made the captain, I must go. Accidents have been taking a toll on my physique for some time. All the pieces occurs for one of the best. I truly do not remorse not having the captaincy of India. It might have been an enormous honour. However I’d all the time select my teammate, if dangerous issues have been stated about his character, I’d all the time get up for my teammate.”