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Follow UsFormer India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has come out in support of out-of-form senior duo Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The two batters had a horrible 2024, especially in Test cricket. While Rohit scored 619 runs at an average of 24.76, Kohli managed 440 runs @ 23.16.
India suffered a 3-1 defeat in Australia, and Rohit and Kohli played a major role in that. The latter hit a hundred in the second innings of the first Test in Perth, but the match was already under India’s control by the time he walked out to bat. Apart from that, Kohli could only score 90 runs across eight innings.
Rohit was even more terrible, scoring 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.2. The opener was so bad that he had to drop himself for the final Test in Sydney despite being the captain of the side.
“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.
“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.”
Talking about Rohit “opting out” of the Sydney Test, Yuvraj said, “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.
“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.”
