Former India cricketer Kirti Azad on Tuesday said that the team will suffer if Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli do not play together. Rohit Sharma will be ruled out of the upcoming Test series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury and Virat Kohli’s participation in the ODI series is also unclear. Last week, Rohit was handed the reins of the ODI and T20I formats. “If Rohit and Virat are not playing together then the team will suffer later, they themselves have to suffer first. One player will replace the other. No one is inevitable. Many greats have come and gone. Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly. So, if they don’t play under each other’s captaincy they will be the first ones to suffer,” Azad told ANI.
“Rohit is unwell and Kohli is not available for ODIs, your two best players are not available for any of your series, really serious for India. They have been the mainstays of the Indian batting and the board needs to figure that out. What is the problem, if any, rather than tweeting from its member that the side may crack. This is not good for the morale of the side and South Africa are a good team especially when you are on a good hard track. Playing. Totally different than playing in any part of the world. Wickets are different.”
Azad’s remarks come after the former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin tweeted on Tuesday that Kohli has “informed that he is not available for the ODI series” in South Africa. “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 a break, but the timing should be better. Skipping other forms of cricket,” he said. wrote in the tweet.
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 just confirms the speculation of D cleavage. Nor will it give up on other forms of cricket.
— Mohammad Azharuddin (@azharflicks) December 14, 2021
Azad said he was shocked by Azharuddin’s tweet as the former India captain is part of the BCCI being the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
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“I am really surprised by Azhar who is a great player and former India captain and who is also a part of BCCI. He is the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association. So, is he saying what BCCI is saying because a Once he says or tweets anything on social media, it is taken as an association or part of BCCI,” Azad said.
“This can lead to a lot of problems within the BCCI and it can be nothing. So, these are irrelevant kind of statements without any substance. I would call them just speculations,” he said.
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