People forget what Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli have achieved, says Yuvraj Singh
Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has come out in support of stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after the duo was at the receiving end of a lot of criticism after India’s 1-3 loss to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
“We are talking about our greats, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma; we are saying very bad things about them,” Yuvraj told PTI.
“People forget what they have achieved in the past. They are one of the greatest cricketers of this time. Okay, they lost; they did not play good cricket. They are getting hurt more than us,” he added.
Rohit and Virat Kohli couldn’t find form in the five-match Test series against Australia, which ended on Sunday. Virat Kohli played all five matches and scored 190 runs, whereas Rohit could only manage a paltry 31 runs in five innings of the three Tests he played.
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The result of the poor performance meant that former greats, experts, and fans questioned their place in the Indian Test side and even went ahead to suggest that the duo should quit playing red-ball cricket for India.
Yuvraj, who was the star of India’s 2011 ODI World Cup triumph, said he has full faith in not just Rohit and Virat Kohli but also new head coach Gautam Gambhir and is hopeful that India will bounce back strongly.
“I feel that Gautam Gambhir as a coach, Ajit Agarkar as a selector, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah are the best minds in cricket right now. And they have to decide what the way for Indian cricket in the future is,” he said.
The legendary left-handed batter also praised Rohit for dropping himself from the Sydney Test.
“I think it is a big thing. I have never seen in the past that the captain’s form is not going well, and he himself has gone out. And this is Rohit Sharma’s greatness that he has kept the team ahead of himself,” Yuvraj said.
“I think he is a great captain. Win or lose, he will always be a great captain. And in his captaincy, we have played the (ODI) World Cup final. We won a T20 World Cup. We have achieved a lot,” he stated.
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