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Yuvraj Singh has come out in support of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are facing a lot of criticism these days for their poor performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Yuvraj Singh defends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Picture Credit: AP)
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed to live up to the expectations in the five-match Test series against Australia, which ended on Sunday. In the 2024-25 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Kohli played all five matches and scored 190 runs, whereas Rohit amassed a total of 31 runs in five innings of three Tests. After India lost the away series with a scoreline of 1-3, many fans, former greats, and experts of the game slammed Kohli and Rohit and questioned their place in the Indian Test side and suggested that the duo should quit playing red-ball cricket for India.
Amid all this criticism, former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has come out in support of the two modern-day greats and said that people should not forget about Kohli and Rohit’s achievements in the past.
“We are talking about our greats, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma; we are saying very bad things about them,” Yuvraj was quoted as saying by news agency PTI on Tuesday.
“…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.
VIDEO | Here’s what former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) said backing Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma amidst the criticism over Team India’s defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.“I look at what India has achieved in the last five-six years. They have achieved two… pic.twitter.com/pghTYHtdB1
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 7, 2025
Yuvraj, who played a big role in India’s ODI World Cup title win in 2011, said that he has full faith in not just Rohit and 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’s the way for Indian cricket in the future,” 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. Whether 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 pointed out.
