Sunil Gavaskar said whoever started stories of a reported rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma could not be a well-wisher of Indian cricket.
India captain Virat Kohli quashed rumours of a reported rift with Rohit Sharma before the team departed for the tour of West Indies but Sunil Gavaskar said the story was unlikely to die down for decades.
Soon after India’s defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, emerged stories and reports of differences between Virat Kohli and his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma.
It was said the Committee of Administrators would probe the rift between the two Indian batting superstars and some sections even reported the possibility of a split captaincy. Some felt Rohit Sharma could make for a better captain in the shorter formats.
But hours before leaving for a tour of the US and West Indies, Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri addressed the media and sought to put these rumours at rest.
But former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, writing for Sportstar, said no matter what either Kohli or Rohit said, this story would continue to do the round for years.
“Virat and Rohit can shout from the rooftops as much as they can but this story won’t end. Every time Rohit fails there will be those who will nod their heads knowingly and wink, hinting he deliberately got out,” Gavaskar wrote.
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