Manoj Tiwary tears apart India coach for threatening and disrespecting Rohit Sharma

Former Team India batter Manoj Tiwary has taken a dig at assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate following his comments on Rohit Sharma after the second ODI against New Zealand. Tiwary stated that such comments were unwarranted given Rohit’s stature and achievements for India in international cricket.

Ten Doeschate had said Rohit Sharma did not have enough match practice before the home ODI series against New Zealand. Rohit, who started the 2026 calendar year as the world’s No. 1 ODI batter, scored 26 and 24 in the first two matches. He failed to convert those starts after negotiating the new ball.

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“He Should Have Thought About It” - Manoj Tiwary on Ryan ten Doeschate’s Remarks on Rohit Sharma

Speaking at a recent event, Manoj Tiwary said that he knows Ryan ten Doeschate well from their time together at Kolkata Knight Riders and respects him as a person. Tiwary stated that ten Doeschate should have avoided making public remarks about a senior player like Rohit Sharma.

“With a lot of respect, I would like to tell Ryan ten Doeschate that he was with me for four years at KKR. No doubt he is a very good person, but the kind of comment he has made, I think he should have thought about it," Tiwary said.

"He has also played international cricket for the Netherlands, but if you look at his international record, I say this with all due respect—it is not even 5% of what Rohit has achieved in his career, not just as a batter but also as a captain,” he added.

Rohit Sharma Has Given the Nation So Much Happiness - Manoj Tiwary

Manoj Tiwary said that the remarks made by Ryan ten Doeschate were demoralizing when they came from inside the dressing room. Tiwary pointed out that Rohit Sharma has brought great success to India, including winning the Champions Trophy, and said such achievements deserve respect.

“He has given the nation so much happiness by winning the Champions Trophy also and after that, talking like this, that too when he is in the team, not like he is sitting at home and commenting, he is a part of the management, and telling like this about your player is demoralising. I don’t know why he said that. He has to reflect on this. I feel he must not make such comments,” Tiwary added.

Rohit Sharma’s Recent ODI Form Ahead of Series Decider

Rohit returned to international cricket in October and made an immediate impact. He scored a fifty and a century in the ODI series in Australia, won the Player of the Series award, and carried that form into the home series against South Africa.

Sharma also registered his 33rd ODI hundred in Sydney in October 2025 and followed it up with two fifties in India’s 2-1 series win over South Africa. He later played domestic cricket for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he scored a century and a duck in Jaipur.

However, the 38-year-old has not converted his starts in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand. India won the first ODI by four wickets but lost the second by seven wickets, leaving the three-match series level at 1-1. The final ODI will be played on January 18 in Indore.

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