Two-star Indian Team Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may not play their first match against South Africa, This series starts from 26 Dec.
Hitman the captain of the Indian ODI-T20 team, has been ruling out of the upcoming Test series against South Africa due to injury.
At the same time, Test captain Virat Kohli has pulled himself out of the ODI series to spend some time with his family.
Many former veterans believe that all is not well in Team India these days.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is not part of team
Ajinkya Rahane is the test captain of the team, there is a little dispute between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma was rule out of the Test series due to injury.
After this, there were also reports that Virat Kohli would not play the ODI series against South Africa.
However, the BCCI says that Kohli has not made any formal request for a break from the ODI series of the upcoming tour of South Africa.
Indian cricketer Kirti Azad has said that if both the players do not play together then the Indian team will suffer.
“If Rohit and Virat are not playing together then India will have to bear the loss and both of them will put themselves in trouble first. One player will remove the other. There is nothing that cannot be remove. Many great players have come and gone. Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Therefore, if these two do not play under each other’s captaincy, then first of all they will put themselves in trouble.
Kirti Azad is worrying due to this reason
In this matter of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, not only Kirti Azad but also former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin is also in worry and he said that,
Virat Kohli has informed that he is not available for the ODI series and Rohit Sharma is unavailable for the upcoming Test. There is no harm in taking breaks, but the timing should be better. This only confirms the speculations of the crack. Nor to give up the second format of cricket.
Kirti Azad further said that,
“Rohit is unwell and Kohli is not available for the ODI series. They are the mainstays of the Indian batting and the board should find out where is the problem if anything like that. On the contrary, a member of BCCI tweeted that there could be a rift in the team. This is not good for the morale of Team India and South Africa is a good team.