"Nonsense," Sunil Gavaskar Rubbishes Rumors Of Rift Between Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli

India batting great Sunil Gavaskar has refuted all rumors of a supposed rift between new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli as India registered a victory in the first ODI between India and West Indies at Ahmedabad on February 6 in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Rohit Sharma led the Indian team as he was full-time white-ball captain for the first time in what was their 1000^th ODI match, making them the first international team to achieve this milestone. He had missed the South Africa ODIs due to injury. It also marked the first occasion that former skipper Virat Kohli is playing under the captaincy of Rohit in international cricket.

Ever since the BCCI sacked Virat Kohli as the ODI captain last December, after he had stepped down as the T20I captain after the T20 World Cup in UAE, there have been unconfirmed news reports of a huge rift between the two modern batting greats of the Indian team.

Speaking about the same on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said: “Why wouldn’t they be getting along? They are playing for India. All these talks that you generally hear about two players not gelling and etc. are all speculations.

According to reliable sources or allegedly or reportedly. Nobody actually tells you and this has been happening for a years. And these guys don’t even bother about it. You wouldn’t even bother about these kind of speculations because you yourself know what the truth is. And so there is nothing.”

This Is Nonsense: Sunil Gavaskar On Alleged Fight Between Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli

Not only was Virat Kohli looking like his usual, but he was seen helping out Rohit Sharma with advice and even convinced him to take a DRS review when the captain was not sure. This happened when a leg-break from Yuzvendra Chahal took the outside edge of Shamarh Brooks’ bat and Rishabh Pant caught the ball but was unsure if the bat had hit the pad or the ball.

Though Rohit was not sure, Kohli managed to convince him to go for the DRS and the call proved to be correct.

“There are often speculations that the captain who is now a player in the team will not want the new captain to succeed. This is nonsense. Because if he doesn’t score runs or a bowler doesn’t pick wickets then he is going to be out of the team.

He has already lost the captaincy or opted out of captaincy, now you don’t contribute with the bat or ball then you are going to be out of the team. So all these talks are mere speculations from people who have nothing better to do and are trying and creating stories,” Gavaskar asserted calling the rumors nonsense.

India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first game of the series at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. The second and third games will be played at the same venue on Wednesday and Friday.

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