Azhar questions timing of Kohli-Rohit’s break, causes massive uproar

TIL Desk Sports/ Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin’s claim of an alleged rift between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli has caused a massive uproar in the country’s cricketing circle ahead of the crucial South Africa tour.

If reports are to be believed, all is not well between the two senior pros, right from the day, the Indian cricket board decided to separate the leadership roles in white-ball and red-ball cricket.

Now, the latest development of Rohit missing the three Tests in South Africa due to a hamstring injury and Kohli’s reported plan to skip the three ODIs due to personal reasons has put Indian cricket in a turmoil kind of situation.

And now Azharuddin’s tweets, in which he said the timing of breaks of the two stalwarts of Indian cricket could have been better, adding fuel to fire.

“Virat Kohli has informed that he’s not available for the ODI series and Rohit Sharma is unavailable for the upcoming Tests. There is no harm in taking a break, but the timing has to be better. This just substantiates speculation about the rift. Neither will be giving up other forms of cricket,” Azhar tweeted on Tuesday.