Kolkata: Groupism and a low morale were the reasons why the selection committee wanted to replace Dhoni with the young and untested Kohli as Indian cricket captain back in 2012, a plan which was scuttled by Srinivasan.


Raja Venkat 

Recalling the planned move, then selector Venkat told PTI that the idea to elevate Kohli was prompted by a string of poor results during the tour of Australia at that time.