Don't Want To Sit Alone & Sulk: Virat Kohli takes dig at BCCI on family restrictions rule
Don't Want To Sit Alone And Sulk: Virat Kohli has advocated the presence of families on tours. He stressed that he feels that they bring balance to the players, who are going through difficult times on the field. He said that the player does not want to return to his room from the field and sit alone and sad.
He wants to be normal. This is how the player can fulfill his responsibility i.e. the game properly.
In fact, after the defeat on the Australia tour, BCCI had made strict rules for the players. In these, the time limit for the players to stay with their families on foreign tours was also fixed. Emphasis was also laid on the bonding of the players with the team.
Rohit had raised this issue of keeping family with them
While the Champions Trophy team was being announced, Rohit Sharma was heard telling Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar that I will have to talk to the Chief Secretary for the new rules of BCCI.
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Rohit had said that all the players are upset about this issue and are constantly calling him.
Players had family with them on the Australia tour
When Kohli was questioned on this issue in the RCB conclave, he said, "If you ask any player if you want your family to be around you all the time? You will say yes.
I don't want to go to the room and sit alone and be sad. I want to be normal. Then you can truly see your game as a responsibility. You fulfill that responsibility, and you come back to life."
It is better to come to family in difficult times - Kohli
When Kohli was questioned about the role of family on difficult tours during the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit before IPL 2025, he said, 'It is very difficult to explain to people that every time something very difficult is happening to you outside, how good it is to come back to your family.'
Kohli- Happy day with family
Virat Kohli said "There can be different situations in your life all the time. You come out of it and become normal. You fulfill your responsibility and then you come back home. You are with the family and there are absolutely normal conditions in your house.
When I am with the family, it is definitely a happy day for me
Kohli spoke on the Constas episode Virat Kohli said, 'My aggression on the field has reduced. People are still not happy. I don't know what I should do. Earlier my aggression was a problem and now my calmness is a problem.
I have no idea what to do, so I don't focus too much on it. I am what I am.
Whatever incidents have happened in the last few months were not good. To be honest, I myself did not feel good about him either."
In the fourth Test played in Melbourne in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, after the 10th over of the match, Virat Kohli was going to his fielding position. During this, he pushed the batsman Konstas with his shoulder. 19-year-old Konstas did not like this at all and he said something to Kohli.
Umpire had to intervene and calm the matter down.
After this, Bumrah came to bowl the 11th over of the match. Konstas hit 2 fours and a six in Bumrah's over. 18 runs were scored in this over.
New rules made for players after BGT
>. After losing 3-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, BCCI made new rules for the players. Under this, players will not be able to travel with their families and wives during the entire tour.
>. This rule will work more especially on foreign tours, so that the performance of the players is not affected.
>. More than 45 days on a tour, their family can join them only after two weeks and cannot stay for more than 14 days. Although on smaller tours, player’s families can stay for up to a week.
. If a player has to travel with the family or separately, permission has to be taken from the head coach and the chairman of the selection committee.
Summary
Virat Kohli said that he will not decide on retirement right now. He still loves cricket, so he is enjoying the game. When it is time to say goodbye to the game, he will say it then
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