Former New Zealand captain Brendon💖 McCullum has opened up on his strained relationship with Ross Taylor after🐟 the ODI World Cup in 2011.
Since Daniel Vettori hung up his boots,🐠 the post of captaincy was up for grabs for both Taylor and McCullum. However, after a public election, Taylor edged past Baz for the coveted position in New Zealand cricket.
According to McCullum, the public election was not the way to go for B🥂lack Caps, with both their icons playing in the same team.
The two Black Caps talisman enjoyed a cordial relationship since﷽ the initial stages of their careers. McCullum claimed that it was the captaincy issue which affected his relationship with Black Caps number 4 batsman.
“That’s exactly what it was, shocking. And it some pressure on my friendship and relationship with Ross. I have a lot of development and under-age cricket with Ross. I was the captain of the U19 team, and Taylor was my vice-captain. We’ve always got on really well,” McCullum revealed in a podcast series called ‘Captain’s Log.’
Further, Taylor struggled as cap💟tain through the entirety of 2012. Aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs a result, McCullum took over the captaincy in 2013 and enjoyed a good stint. He was the only New Zealand captain until then to take his side to the finals of the world cup in 2015.
McCullum disclosed that Taylor was offered a split captaincy role but the latter rejected. The former swashbuckling opening batsman tagged the situation with Taylor as a stain in New Zealand Cricket.
“We had to go for an interview for the job. It was about presenting the map for the future of New Zealand cricket to a panel. I don’t really know what we were doing. If had my time, I would’ve said ‘No I’m not going to come and go through the process, you appoint Ross as captain, and then we’ll see what unfolds from there'”, added McCullum.
“It’s a bad stain for New Zealand cricket and put pressure on Ross and me. Then it led me to take over the captaincy from Ross eventually,” concluded Baz.
