Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has backed under-fire Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after the duo’s failure with the bat in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) against Australia which the visitors lost 1-3. While Kohli scored atleast a hundred, Rohit endured a tough time with an average of just above six and had to drop himself from the final Test.
Baring his 100 not out in the first Test in Perth, Kohli was dismissed while chasing deliveries outside off-stump in his rest of eight innings on the tour. Rohit, after having missed the first Test, managed just 31 runs in the next three games. He himself stood down from the Sydney Test.
Yuvraj, who won three ICC titles with India, felt it is unfair to lambast the duo considering what they have achieved in the past. “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.
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