NEW DELHI: As Group India embarks on a brand new period in Check cricket with out two of its largest icons — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma — former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has sparked a debate by urging the cricketing neighborhood to cease treating the duo as equals within the red-ball format.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Reacting to new Check skipper Shubman Gill’s comment that he’ll really feel the stress of not having Kohli and Rohit within the England collection, Manjrekar took to Instagram to share a candid evaluation.
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“It stirred up the bee in my bonnet, which has been there for some time. It is not a lot in regards to the assertion, however the truth that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are likely to get clubbed collectively,” he mentioned.The previous India batter asserted that whereas comparisons could also be legitimate in white-ball cricket, Kohli and Rohit are in very totally different leagues in Check cricket. “We also have a time period for them, RoKo. I can perceive it in white-ball cricket… however in the case of red-ball cricket, there’s completely no comparability between the 2,” he added.Backing his stance with numbers, Manjrekar pointed to Kohli’s dominant file in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) international locations. “Virat Kohli has acquired 12 tons of. Rohit Sharma in SENA international locations — simply the one, in opposition to England at The Oval in 2021. He is performed over 100 innings and averages 40.”“And I dare say, had he gone to England, that common would have dropped into the 30s,” he mentioned, earlier than ending with a blunt punchline: “So, in the case of red-ball cricket… I say, RoKo, cease that.”
Manjrekar’s feedback have reignited discussions on India’s red-ball legacy and the contrasting influence of two fashionable giants of Indian cricket.
