Asia Cup 2022: 'Too Much Cr**: Rohit Sharma's Brutal Response To A Query After India's Defeat To Sri Lanka

Following his team’s six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in the current Asia Cup 2022, Rohit Sharma was in no mood for diplomacy and launched a vehement defence of his India colleague Arshdeep Singh.

Asif Ali scored critical runs that dramatically turned the match in Pakistan’s favour after Arshdeep dropped the catch of him at 0 and received a lot of backlash on social media. The Indian government allegedly sent a warning to the website for posting fake material after his Wikipedia page was vandalised.

Not Seen Many Like Arshdeep Singh: Rohit Sharma

“Honestly, the guys do not look at social media that much,” Rohit said on Tuesday. “Too much crap is happening there when we lose games here and there, a drop here and there.”

Even though he only had seven runs to defend in his last over, Rohit Sharma noted how Arshdeep swiftly regained his confidence after losing the catch and forced the game into the penultimate delivery.

“Yes, he [Arshdeep] himself was disappointed, but then again if you saw his confidence in the the final over [in the Pakistan game], he nailed the yorker well and he got Ali [Asif] out [eventually].

If he was not mentally there, the execution would not have happened, but in his case he ran to his place and took the ball. Today also I thought he bowled pretty well in the last two overs,” Rohit Sharma said.

“He is a very confident lad, and that is why he is here, ahead of lot of players who are sitting at their homes. He is a very confident lad and I have not seen many like him early in his career. As a captain and a coach we are very happy with how he takes his game and goes about his business with the ball,” he added.

The 23-year-old Arshdeep also didn’t take the criticism seriously. “His exact words were, ‘I am laughing at all these tweets and messages. I am only going to take positives from it. This incident has only given me more confidence,” Arshdeep’s father told The Indian Express.

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