For the last few days, the performance of Team India and the ongoing conflict within it has attracted everyone's attention. Amidst all this, Team India's squad for the Champions Trophy was announced, which everyone was waiting for. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced the team in a press conference, while captain Rohit Sharma was also present with him. But what captain Rohit Sharma said in this press conference regarding the recent rules of BCCI is raising questions whether the Indian captain lied? The reason for this has become a viral video of Rohit.
The matter is such that on Saturday, January 18, a press conference was organized in Mumbai to announce the Champions Trophy squad. Everyone was waiting for this press conference because there were reports of many controversies and differences since the Australia tour. The new strict rules issued by BCCI have also grabbed a lot of headlines and are being said to be important for disciplining the players.
During this conference, apart from the selection, questions were also raised many times regarding the latest rules of BCCI. However, most of the questions were being raised about the players playing domestic cricket. Meanwhile, contradictions were seen in the statements of Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and Captain Rohit. Agarkar said that such rules already existed but this time BCCI has just presented them in writing.
Before the end of the press conference, captain Rohit surprised everyone by giving a completely opposite statement. Rohit asked the journalists, “Who told you about these rules? Has this come from any official handle (BCCI press release)? Let it come officially first.”
On one hand, Agarkar's statement indicated that the board has officially given instructions to the players. At the same time, from Rohit's statement it seemed that these are only claims being made in the media and it has not reached the players. But this statement started raising questions whether Rohit is lying? These questions are being raised because before the start of the press conference, the captain was telling Agarkar in a light voice that after this he will have to sit with the secretary for one and a half hour because all the players are questioning him on family matters.
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Rohit did not know but his words were recorded in the mic and camera, the video of which is going viral. The issue of family was also mentioned in the 10-point policy issued by the board to the media, according to which the players' families cannot stay for more than 14 days on a tour of more than 45 days. Now if this policy was not issued by BCCI then why did Rohit mention it to the Chief Selector? Did Rohit lie? Or have the players also come to know about this only through the media, due to which they wanted to talk to BCCI about this? At present everyone is searching for the answer to this.
