One of the biggest controversies which shocked Indian cricket fans – was the report of a rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Men in Blue’s captain and vice-captain in limited-overs cricket. Just after the ICC World Cup 2019, it was reported that all was not well in the Indian dressing room as there was a huge rift between the two players and that they had unfollowed each other on social media accounts.
Talking to PTI, Rohit, who has completed 12 years in international cricket, said that while he was aware of what was being written about the controversy, he was disappointed when the families were involved.
“Our families are there to support us, make us feel happy. When all these things were being written about, few of my friends came and told me and believe me or not, I was just laughing.
“But then it went on and on and they dragged my family and that was not on. You talk about me but don’t drag my family as they genuinely don’t care about anything else. I think even Virat (Kohli) must have felt the same way as families are an important aspect of our lives.”
Revealing why he struggled in the purest format of the game early on, Rohit said, “Thinking too much about technique was not allowing me to enjoy the game. All that was there in my mind was ‘Oh I need to do well in Test cricket’. So, before the 2018-19 Australia series, I told myself ‘Boss whatever has to happen will happen and I am not going to think about technique’.
