Talking to Rohit Sharma during an Instagram Live session on Thursday, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said that the current Indian team is over-dependent on the captain Virat Kohli and his deputy in shorter formats, Rohit himself.
Bhajji further went on to claim that the team lacks self-belief which is on show when India ends up losing matches if the aforementioned duo is dismissed early.
“The current Indian side is dependent on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The side does not have much confidence, there are good players but once Virat and Rohit get out, 70 percent of matches we tend to lose. There is a lack of self-belief,” said Harbhajan.
“In our times, we had a lot of trust and belief. If the top three of the current Indian side are dismissed, then we have problems in winning matches, you need to find more watch winners. You had a good World Cup, but then you lose in the semi-finals, if you had 3-4 guys performing, we would have won the World Cup,” Harbhajan added.
On the other hand, when Rohit was asked by his fans on Instagram about the confusion surrounding MS Dhoni’s future, the opener said that he doesn’t have any idea about it.
“We don’t know what’s happening with him. We haven’t heard any news about him. The last match of the World Cup was in July. From there, till now we haven’t heard anything I have no idea.”
