A day after former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin tweeted about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said that There is no player bigger than the game.
Mohammad Azharuddin wrote in his tweet, “Virat Kohli has informed that he is not available for the ODI series and Rohit Sharma is not available for the upcoming test. There is no harm in taking a break but the timing should be better. This will help the team.” There are signs of a crack.
When asked about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Anurag Thakur said, “Sport is at the top and no one is bigger than the game.”
Also Read – Group Captain Varun Singh, sole survivor of IAF chopper crash passes away
Anurag Thakur said that ” I will give this to someone. Can’t tell what’s going on between which players. It is the job of the respective unions to do this work, it would be better if they give information.”
Former India cricketer Kirti Azad on Tuesday said that if Rohit and Kohli are not playing together, it will only harm the players and the team.
By the way, before going to South Africa, it is possible that Virat will attend the press conference on Wednesday, then a lot of things will be cleared there whether it is really a dispute or not.
According to whatever is official so far, the BCCI has removed Virat from the captaincy and given him very little time to resign, after which Virat Kohli is angry. Due to a hamstring injury, Rohit has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against South Africa. Last week, Rohit was handed over the reins of the ODI and T20I formats. Now he is the full time captain of Team India in limited overs cricket.
