Virat Kohi posts photo with his ‘squad’, fans notice Rohit Sharma’s absence
Amid rumours of rift between Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, the India captain took to social media to put up a image of himself with a few of his teammates. Team India had their coaching session in Florida beforehand of Saturday’s 1st T20I towards the West Indies.
HIGHLIGHTS:
India captain Virat Kohli captioned the picture ‘SQUAD’
A part of fans puzzled why Rohit Sharma was once now not section of the picture
Kohli had rubbished rumours of rift between himself and Rohit
Virat Kohli took to social media on Friday to publish a picture of himself with India teammates after a training session beforehand of the 1st T20I vs West Indies in Florida.
The India captain captioned it “SQUAD” whilst he used to be seen posing with Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Shreyas Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and KL Rahul. Fans on social media were speedy to factor out the absence of Rohit Sharma from the image.
Some of them questioned why Rohit Sharma, the vice-captain of the limited-overs team, is missing from the photograph amid rumours of rift between Virat Kohli and his deputy.
Virat Kohli rubbished the rumours of rift between himself and Rohit Sharma all through the pre-departure press convention in Mumbai on Monday. Kohli referred to as the reports baffling and said memories are created out of nothing.
“In my opinion it’s baffling to be honest. It’s truely ridiculous to read such stuff that comes out. I have been to a few public occasions and the sentiment is ‘aap log kya khele (you guys played so well)’,” Virat Kohli stated at India’s pre-departure press conference on Monday.
“We are feeding off lies. We are overlooking facts. We are turning a blind eye to all the excellent things that has happened. We are growing fantasies and situations in our head and want to receive that this is the truth,” Kohli added.
Meanwhile, Team India had their first education session publish the World Cup semi-final exit on Friday in Florida. Virat Kohli’s men will be playing 2 T20Is in Florida as part of the full tour to the West Indies. India will also play 3 ODIs and 2 Tests after the last T20I in the West Indies.
Kohli interacted with fans all through India’s training session at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill. The India captain was also considered spending fine time with wife and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma beforehand this week in Miami.
Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer took to Instagram to share of graphic of himself with the likes of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan among others. The India stars have been seen carrying informal clothes and playing their time out in Miami.
India will play the 1st T20I towards West Indies in Florida on Saturday and the 2nd T20I on Sunday earlier than heading to Guyana for the closing T20I.
