Rohit Sharma exposed: Journalist reveals receiving call from batter over story on his yo-yo test struggles

Renowned sports journalist Vikrant Gupta claimed that Rohit Sharma personally called him regarding a story that stated that Rohit failed to clear the yo-yo test in 2018. The story was revealed by Vikrant Gupta recently.

Rohit Sharma is one of the top players of this generation. But he has been under the eyes of his critics regarding his fitness. Although Rohit's performances haven't gone down due to his fitness, the critics have always criticized him for not being up to the mark.

In 2018, a report had emerged that stated that Rohit Sharma somehow managed to clear the mandatory yo-yo test. The news had gone viral during that time and Rohit was severely criticized for not being up to the mark like other cricketers in the team like Virat Kohli.

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Rohit Sharma personally called me regarding his failure to pass the Yo-Yo test - Vikrant Gupta

During a recent conversation on Sports Tak, Vikrant Gupta revealed that he received a call from Rohit in 2018 regarding his failure of the yo-yo test. Vikrant revealed the whole conversation between him and Rohit.

"In 2018, India had to go to England and we did a story that Rohit Sharma's yo-yo test wasn't cleared easily in Bengaluru. Rohit called me and said that it is totally wrong. I said that it might be that it's wrong. And Rohit told me very casually. At that time, he had also tweeted a picture of his running shoes. I couldn't tell him who told me this," Vikrant revealed on Sports Tak.

"Then I thought of leaving the matter and said sorry to him. Although the story was right that he was struggling but he had cleared the test later. But his behavior did not change after that moment and it was not like he won't talk to me again," he added.

🚨 Rohit Sharma called Vikrant Gupta coz he did story on Rohit's struggle to pass Yo Yo test !!

Vikrant said in his recent show that Rohit called him personally when he did story against Rohit when he failed to pass Yo Yo test.

This is wrong at many levels !! @vikrantgupta73 pic.twitter.com/HqdcmzgLTi

Before India's 2018 tour of England, there were reports that Rohit Sharma failed to clear the yo-yo test, due to which he hasn't traveled to the UK for the series. However, it was cleared later that he had sought an exemption from BCCI as he had a sponsor commitment in Russia.

Rohit Sharma's response to his critics

After the commitment, Rohit cleared the yo-yo test in style at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru and took a dig at his critics, possibly the journalists who had earlier reported that he had failed to clear the yo-yo test.

"Dear... it’s no ones business how & where I spend my time.I’m entitled to have time off as long as I follow protocol.Let’s debate some real news shall we😊 & to a few channels,I had just 1 chance to clear my yo-yo that was today.Verification before reporting is always a good idea," Rohit had posted on X at that time.

Dear... it’s no ones business how & where I spend my time.I’m entitled to have time off as long as I follow protocol.Let’s debate some real news shall we😊 & to a few channels,I had just 1 chance to clear my yo-yo that was today.Verification before reporting is always a good idea

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) June 20, 2018

After clearing the Yo-Yo test, Rohit left for the long tour of the United Kingdom where they were scheduled to play 2 T20Is against Ireland. India also played 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and 5 Tests against England.