At a time when the likes of Kapil Dev and Venkatesh Prasad are questioning Virat Kohli바카라s place in the Indian team following his string of low scores, captain Rohit Sharma minced no words in defending his former skipper after India lost the third T20 against England at Trent Bridge on Sunday.
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Despite, Suryakumar Yadav바카라s blistering maiden T20 century against England on Sunday, India lost the game by 17 runs. However, India won the series 2-1 courtesy their wins in Southampton and Birmingham.
It was also India바카라s first defeat for India in 20 matches under Rohit Sharma across formats. While there were a lot of positives to talk about in India바카라s T20 series win, but the focus was on Virat Kohli, who once again failed to score big.
In England tour so far, Kohli바카라s scores read 11 and 20 (fifth Test vs ENG), 1 (1st T20) and 11 (2nd T20). Kohli바카라s lean patch prompted the former cricketers to say that the team management should look beyond Kohli and play in-form batters, especially Deepak Hooda.
Rohit took a dig at the former cricketers asking 바카라why they are called experts바카라 saying they don바카라t need to pay heed to the outside noise. 바카라It바카라s not difficult at all for us (Kohli바카라s place in the XI) because we don바카라t listen to outside noise,바카라 Rohit said during the post-match press conference.
바카라Also, I don바카라t know who these experts are and why they바카라re called experts. I don바카라t get that. They are seeing from outside, they don바카라t know what바카라s happening inside the team. We have a thought process, we make the team, we debate and discuss it, and think a lot about it,바카라 added the Indian opener.
Known for backing the players in the team, Rohit바카라s only concern is what is happening inside the team. 바카라The players (we pick) are backed, they are given opportunities. People on the outside don바카라t know about it. It바카라s more important about what바카라s happening within our team, that바카라s important for me,바카라 he added.
