Kumble-Kohli matter was not handled properly: Ganguly

TIL Desk Sports/ Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said the controversy involving ex-national team coach Anil Kumble and skipper Virat Kohli could have been handled a lot better by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Talking to reporters here, Ganguly who is part of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the BCCI responsible for selecting the coach, said: “The matter should have been handled a lot better, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli. It should have been handled a lot better by whoever is in charge. It wasn’t handled properly.”

Asked about the news that Ravi Shastri has applied for the coach’s job after the BCCI extended the deadline for applications to July 9, Ganguly said: “Everybody has got the right to apply.”

Ganguly was on Tuesday named in the seven-member Special Committee formed by the BCCI to identify the critical points in implementation of the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee reforms. “The committee will face the music from Committee of Administrators,” a laughing Ganguly said. “I don’t know what is the exact role. Will have to find out.”