Chetan Sharma resigns: Chetan Sharma resigns from the post of BCCI chief selector, Jay Shah accepts

Chetan Sharma resigns: Chetan Sharma resigns from the post of BCCI chief selector, Jay Shah accepts

Chetan Sharma resigns: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Chetan Sharma has resigned from his post following a viral sting operation.

Chetan Sharma resigns: Indian Cricket

A big news has come out for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the morning of Friday, February 17, 2023. Recently, a sting operation of the board’s chief selector Chetan Sharma went viral. In this video, he was seen revealing many secrets. Now he has resigned from his post. This information has been revealed by ANI. At the same time, it has also been said that BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has also accepted his resignation.

BCCI wanted to give Chetan Sharma a chance to present and explain his side

Chetan Sharma’s first term as a selector ended after the T20 World Cup 2022. After this, he was again appointed as the chief selector for a second term. It had been less than two months since his appointment but now he has resigned. Reports suggest that the BCCI wanted to give Chetan Sharma a chance to present his side and explain himself, but Sharma sent his resignation directly to Jay Shah. Shah has also accepted it with immediate effect.

A source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) told PTI on condition of anonymity that, yes, Chetan has submitted his resignation to BCCI secretary Jay Shah and his resignation has been accepted. His condition had become unstable after the sting operation. He has resigned voluntarily. He was not asked to resign.” Chetan Sharma was in Kolkata along with other members of the selection committee for the Ranji Trophy final between Bengal and Saurashtra. He had gone there in connection with the selection of the team for the Irani Cup.

Another BCCI source also said in this regard that coach Rahul Dravid, captain Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have lost complete faith in him. It was not possible to sit with him in the selection committee meeting as he had lost respect. He suffered the loss of his toughness.

What did Chetan Sharma say in the sting operation?

Earlier on Tuesday, Chetan Sharma’s sting operation created a stir. In this, he said such things due to which he has now lost his chair. In Chetan Sharma’s sting operation, he also made big allegations against players like Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. In which Sharma also alleged that players take injections to stay in the team despite being 80 to 85 percent fit. It is also said that there was a dispute between him and the team management regarding Bumrah’s return in the T20I series against Australia in September. He said that Bumrah was not fit to play at that time, but he still played.

Did Chetan also talk about the Ganguly-Kohli dispute?

Apart from this, Chetan Sharma also said many things about former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and former captain Virat Kohli. He said that there is a battle of egos going on between former captain Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly. When PTI contacted Chetan Sharma about this, he was not available for conversation. He also clarified that Virat’s statement about leaving the T20 captaincy before the South Africa tour was also wrong. While on behalf of the BCCI, he was asked to think about the decision after leaving the T20 captaincy.

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