Don't Want To Comment Irresponsibly Without Full Knowledge: Virat Kohli On CAA

Team India skipper Virat Kohli was asked to comment on it and the skipper weighed his words very carefully as he avoided to get embroiled in any sort of controversy

Don't Want To Comment Irresponsibly Without Full Knowledge: Virat Kohli On CAA/ Photo: AFP

Guwahati: With Assam's Guwahati witnessing massive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) till some days back, team India skipper Virat Kohli was asked to comment on it; the 31-year-old weighed his words very carefully as he avoided to get embroiled in any sort of controversy. Virat refrained to make any comment, without gaining full knowledge on the sensitive subject. "On the issue, I do not want to be irresponsible and speak on something that has, you know, radical opinions both sides. I need to have total information, total knowledge of what it means and what is going on and then be responsible to give my opinion on it," Kohli said ahead of India's first T20 International against Sri Lanka. "Because you can say one thing and then someone can say another thing. So, I would not like to get involved in something that I don't have total knowledge of and it's not going to be responsible on my part to comment on it."

#WATCH Indian captain Virat Kohli on #CitizenshipAmendmentAct: I don't want to be irresponsible&speak on something that has radical opinions on both sides. I need to have total information&knowledge of what it means&what is going on, then be responsible to give my opinion on it. pic.twitter.com/Bli07MyLtq

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However Kohli on his part was happy with the security arrangements and felt that the city is "absolutely safe". "The city is absolutely safe. We didn't see any problems on the roads," Kohli said, giving his thumbs-up for the match at the Barsapara Stadium. Meanwhile, Kohli on Saturday strongly opposed the "four-day Test" proposed by the ICC as he is not in favour of any alterations which hurts the sanctity of the traditional five-day format. The ICC wants to try out the four-day Test matches during the next FTP cycle between 2023-2031 in order to get more free days for the commercially lucrative shorter formats. While this is at the proposal stage, Cricket Australia had expressed its intent of trying out the format even though senior bowler Nathan Lyon termed it "ridiculous". "According to me, it should not be altered. As I said, the day-night is another step towards commercialising Test cricket and you know, creating excitement around it, but it can't be tinkered with too much. I don't believe so," Kohli, one of the biggest names in world cricket, told mediapersons on the eve of first T20 against Sri Lanka. "You know the Day-Night Test is the most that should be changed about Test cricket, according to me," he said. (With PTI Inputs)