'My relationship with Virat was impacted': Robin Uthappa reflects on previous remarks on Kohli's captaincy

Robin Uthappa reflected back on his previous remarks on Virat Kohli, which he believes damaged his relationship with the former India skipper. Uthappa criticised Kohli's captaincy in an interview and his treatment of Ambati Rayudu, who was left out of India's 2019 ODI World Cup squad.

Uthappa explained that he, not Kohli, was the intended subject of the chat. However, his comments made him realize how important it is to discuss personal opinions in private before speaking out.

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"In that whole conversation, the intent was not to speak about Virat. That interview was meant to be about me. I was asked a question which I spoke to. I didn't take into consideration at that point the sentiments of Virat or the fact that even if this is what I believe, he should know what I believe and that gives me the right to voice that. My relationship or my camaraderie with Virat was impacted by that. I saw that for what it was, just based on that one-on-one relationship. My learning from that was, when I spoke to him about it, I acknowledged that I should have spoken to him before, even if it was what I believed," Uthappa said on his YouTube channel.