No Indian cricketer has made any written or verbal complaint to the BCCI, says Arun Dhumal

BCCI has outrightly denied all the media reports doing rounds that certain senior Indian cricketers have complained to the BCCI regarding Virat Kohli’s captaincy. It was reported in these reports that Indian cricketers called BCCI secretary Jay Shah to complain about Kohli’s captaincy and the BCCI decided to act accordingly and take the decision. According to the reports, the players who complained to the BCCI were Ajinkya Rahane. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin. The treasurer of the Indian cricket board, Arun Dhumal has denied all these reports saying that media must refrain from writing such false reports and clarified that no one has complained to the BCCI about Kohli’s captaincy

“The media asked me if the BCCI had taken a decision and I said no because that was true – the BCCI had not taken any decision or even discussed it. Eventually, Virat took his own decision and conveyed it to the BCCI and that was his call. Today, the same media is saying players complained to the BCCI. So, on behalf of the board I can tell you, there have been no complaints. Is there any confusion?” Dhumal remarked.

"This kind of reporting harms Indian cricket more than anything else. We can understand if senior journalists - who have followed the game for a very long time and tracked it so devotedly - believe the Indian team should do this or do that. That's an opinion and we respect that. It's an observation and that's their job. I myself enjoy reading good reports. But to concoct tales and say this person said this or that person said, without substantiating it, is not done," he concluded.