Of late a ruckus is going on the news headlines regarding the captaincy split between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Quite a few fans and analysts want Rohit Sharma to take over the mantle from Kohli while the Delhi lad needs to look after the team in the longest version of the game. Meanwhile, Shoaib Akhtar has his say.
India gave a good account of themselves in the group stages of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and finished as the table toppers. However, they stumbled at the first knock-out hurdle and crashed out of the competition at the semi-final stage to New Zealand.
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Since then, the reports surfaced out citing that everything isn’t that great between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. It is reported that Mumbai lad isn’t impressed with the unilateral decisions made by the skipper. And also by the head coach, which resulted in the loss of semifinal against the Kiwis.
Picks Virat Kohli over Rohit Sharma:
During a question-answer session with his fans, Akhtar was asked to pick his favourite between Kohli and Rohit. He picked the Indian captain over his deputy. He was further asked should Rohit take over as captain from Virat.
In both cases, Shoaib Akhtar gave his answer on Virat Kohli’s side. After picking Virat Kohli as the best batsman over Rohit Sharma, the former fast bowler quoted that there is no requirement of changing the captain.
Kohli
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) July 29, 2019
Not required
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) July 29, 2019
MS Dhoni – A Legend: Shoaib Akhtar
Further, Shoaib Akhtar was asked to give one-word reply regarding the former skipper of the Indian National Cricket Team Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Simply, Shoaib Akhtar called MS Dhoni as the legend of the game.
Legend.
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) July 29, 2019
Apart from these, Shoaib Akhtar revealed quite a few interesting things on his question and answer chat. Recently, he opined that Pakistan needs to make big changes, especially, in the captaincy slots.