Kohli-Rohit rift stories are here to stay, feels Sunil Gavaskar

TIL Desk Sports/ India skipper Virat Kohli might have looked to clear the air on the issue of a rift in the Indian team before the team’s departure to the US, but former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that the duo of Kohli and Rohit Sharma can shout from the top of the roof, but stories of rift will continue to do the rounds.

“Virat and Rohit can shout from the rooftops as much as they can but this story won’t end. Every time Rohit fails there will be those who will nod their heads knowingly and wink, hinting he deliberately got out. Nobody even gives a thought to the fact that if a player fails he is likely to be dropped and so he would be hurting his own chances of survival in the squad,” he wrote in his column.

Gavaskar went on to add that these stories are generally started by frustrated players in the dressing room which in turn hurts the environment in the team. “Whoever starts such stories is definitely not a well-wisher of Indian cricket. More often than not it’s a frustrated player in the squad who gives wings to stories like this. His envy and jealousy harm the team. Then of course it suits some administrators to play their own game of politics,” he added.