BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma resigns amid sting operation controversy
BCCI’s All-India Selection Committee Chairman Chetan Sharma has stepped down from his role. The resignation came ahead of the recent controversy of his sting operation. Chetan was recently involved in a sting operation conducted by Zee News which has taken Indian cricket by storm.
In the video, the 57-year-old claimed that there was massive clash of egos between the Indian cricket team. The management also made several other controversial statements. Following the sting operation, the chairman of the selection committee has been facing massive backlash from fans. He made statements on high-profile cricketers of the national side.
Chetan Sharma has resigned as BCCI selector and the resignation has been reportedly accepted by BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. Sharma was initially sacked and then re-appointed as BCCI selector after India’s exit from the T20 World Cup 2022.
Had to remove Kohli to have one white-ball captain: Chetan Sharma
During the sting operation, one of the statements he made was regarding the white-ball captaincy. Chetan and his committee decided to strip Kohli from the captaincy role in order to have one white-ball leader.
“Removing someone from captaincy is the job of selectors. We removed him from the ODI captaincy as we wanted to have one white-ball captain. This is normal procedure and even he (Kohli) knows it. After Virat announced that he was giving up the T20I captaincy, the selectors made up their minds to remove him from the ODI captaincy as well,” Sharma said in the viral video.
Another segment of the operation included him speaking on the backlash the management faced from the fans when they dropped Sanju Samson from the side in certain fixtures.
“If you don’t include Sanju Samson, on Twitter people blow us off,” Chetan was heard saying in the video.
While the BCCI is yet to make an official confirmation regarding the resignation, a major decision by Jay Shah on the removal of Chetan Sharma was expected following the sting operation.
