Follow UsFormer India cricketer Robin Uthappa once again criticised Virat Kohli’s captaincy skills.
In his recent interview with Lallantop, Uthappa had blamed Kohli for Yuvraj Singh's ouster from the Indian set-up and also said he didn’t like how Ambati Rayudu wasn’t picked for the 2019 World Cup despite doing well with the bat.
Uthappa was heavily criticised for his comments, but the 39-year-old is in no mood to back down. “I feel like Virat’s leadership style was perhaps more exclusive than inclusive. You feel something else, no worries. This is my opinion, and you’re entitled to yours, and I respect yours, and you’ll respect mine. I will move on; that’s how it should be,” Uthappa said on his YouTube channel.
“I think we’re more and more living in a world where we’re less acceptable or less accepting of people’s opinions. And we should have a conversation about that.
“I don’t think it’s necessarily healthy to live in a world where just because you don’t agree with someone, you have to cancel them or you have to spew hate and venom at them. There’s nothing wrong with somebody having their own opinion.”
Under Kohli, India achieved a lot of success in red-ball cricket but failed to win any major trophies in the two white-ball formats. “I was speaking to a style of leadership rather than a person or a human being.
I have always spoken highly about Virat as a player. I think he’s one of the greatest ODI batters in the world and I think I’ve said that on record if I if I can remember correctly that I think he’s one of the greatest white players to have ever played the game.”