{"id":43970,"date":"2021-03-12T17:57:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43970"},"modified":"2021-03-12T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:08:06","slug":"indians-prefer-rohit-sharma-over-virat-kohli-as-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43970","title":{"rendered":"Indians prefer Rohit Sharma over Virat Kohli as captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sharma.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>KARACHI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli got into hot waters, firstly due to dropping Rohit Sharma in the first T20I against England and then getting second duck in a row.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indians criticized their skipper on Twitter after he yet again failed to score runs. This was the first time in Kohli&#8217;s 475-inns long international career that he failed to score a run in back-to-back innings.<\/p>\n<p>His fans and cricketer fans took to Twitter to pinpoint his performance and rated opening batsman Sharma highly than him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli rested Rohit Sharma for the match. <\/p>\n<p>Rohit Sharma be like : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVhaYJeSC6\">pic.twitter.com\/cVhaYJeSC6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfunnytshirt\/status\/1370363490838310914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">T20 World Cup is coming and Rohit Sharma is rested <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f633.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f633.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> what is Virat Kohli and Coach thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20I?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20I<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cqH3MINSJ\">pic.twitter.com\/8cqH3MINSJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madhav (@madhaavv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madhaavv\/status\/1370361391459098624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvEND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvEND<\/a><br \/>Kohli dropped Rohit. <br \/>And out on Duck.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iUBSCP9qQA\">pic.twitter.com\/iUBSCP9qQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ex Bhakt \u2790 (@tadipaar_hun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tadipaar_hun\/status\/1370378286837067778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Rohit&quot; will be resting for the first couple of games and &quot;kohli&quot; Will also be resting with ducks playing as  a captain<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvEND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvEND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/50DaysToTHALA50Festival?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#50DaysToTHALA50Festival<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VxcgIr6Bhh\">pic.twitter.com\/VxcgIr6Bhh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aithey_enti (@Aitheyenti2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aitheyenti2\/status\/1370384798447927298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*After <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> match*<br \/>Virat Kohli: Well played boys.<\/p>\n<p>Rohith Sharma to Kohli: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1hbWE7LfAN\">pic.twitter.com\/1hbWE7LfAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ariful (@ariful_96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ariful_96\/status\/1370434971924459522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kohli dropped Rohit and Out on 0. Team India be like as <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f447.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rohitsharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rohitsharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Duck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Duck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NarendraModiCricketStadium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NarendraModiCricketStadium<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRo45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImRo45<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxFvqPlYFz\">pic.twitter.com\/DxFvqPlYFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rohit Sharma FC (@ROHITMA92717596) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROHITMA92717596\/status\/1370412981369008128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now can we all agree that Captaincy is clearly affecting Kohli <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f44d.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><br \/>It&#039;s time for the better leader to lead the team and the best batsman to find his form <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f60e.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><br \/>Jai Hind <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f1ee-1f1f3.png\" alt=\"??\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MakeRohitIndiaCaptain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MakeRohitIndiaCaptain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qESMO5D9qH\">pic.twitter.com\/qESMO5D9qH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Redhook #45&amp;49<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f4aa.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f60e.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@45_49Redhook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/45_49Redhook\/status\/1370424148069998595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most odi hundreds since 2019 <br \/>***Rohit sharma -8\ufe0f\u20e3<br \/>Shai hope  6<br \/>Finch  6<br \/>Paul stirling 5<br \/>Virat kohli 5<br \/> Dont forget he didn\u2019t play odi series against newzealand and australia.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hitman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hitman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZyCMawiEAq\">pic.twitter.com\/ZyCMawiEAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sk (HITMAN fan) (@sk_rohitfan45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sk_rohitfan45\/status\/1370362247239757827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">King Kohli selecting Playing 11<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvEND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvEND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xudF8OHO4q\">pic.twitter.com\/xudF8OHO4q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Choudhary (@udiitpanwar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/udiitpanwar\/status\/1370397658553020418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvEND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvEND<\/a> <br \/>Virat Kohli Focus on your Game Day by day your performance going down and down take it Sersioly.. Otherwise Very soon&#8230; (Read Below comment and 2nd Pic) <\/p>\n<p>Neither Virat nor Shastri but Rohit Sharma is heading the discussion at the moment!!! \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vBXXLlic9N\">pic.twitter.com\/vBXXLlic9N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Devil_BBankar (@Devil_BBankar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Devil_BBankar\/status\/1370376186581315586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defending 130 below in T20I&#039;s <\/p>\n<p>             ROHIT                              KOHLI <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hlf4KAB2J4\">pic.twitter.com\/Hlf4KAB2J4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; V!kr\u2206M (@VickyOfficia1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VickyOfficia1\/status\/1370416753352658945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most ducks by an Indian batsman :<\/p>\n<p>34 &#8211; Sachin Tendulkar<br \/>31 &#8211; Virender Sehwag<br \/>29 &#8211; Sourav Ganguly<br \/>28 &#8211; VIRAT KOHLI*<br \/>26 &#8211; Yuvraj Singh<\/p>\n<p>King Chasing Sachin&#039;s Record <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MSDian\u2122 (@Ashwin_tweetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ashwin_tweetz\/status\/1370378014723207175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thankyouKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thankyouKohli<\/a> making our country proud. You retirement made us sad &#8230; Byeee<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Virat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Virat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kohli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Viratkohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Viratkohli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ozmBLCgfYm\">pic.twitter.com\/ozmBLCgfYm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AB (@abtweet19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abtweet19\/status\/1370374191606730759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presenting in front of you Universal boss of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/duck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#duck<\/a> one and only Virat Kohli<\/p>\n<p>Time to take some rest&#8230; <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvEND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvEND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nUyv6Jg1u3\">pic.twitter.com\/nUyv6Jg1u3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abhishek P Singh (@TheoryCracker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheoryCracker\/status\/1370408043716825091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#039;m going to say this: India can be better T20 team without Virat Kohli. Give SKY a chance and promote Iyer to number three. Don&#039;t need to say anything about Rohit leading this side, do I?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arjun (@ArjunNamboo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArjunNamboo\/status\/1370370555853955075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It must be noted here that India lost the first T20I against England by eight wickets. They were restricted to 124-7 in 20 overs by the English bowlers.<\/p>\n<p>In the Test series, India beat England by 3-1. Kohli scored 172 runs in six innings at an average of 28.66 with two fifties.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/jason-roy-eases-125-run-chase-england-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Roy eases 125-run chase for England against India<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>KARACHI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli got into hot waters, firstly due to dropping Rohit Sharma in the first T20I against England and then getting second <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43970\" title=\"Indians prefer Rohit Sharma over Virat Kohli as captain\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43972,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43970\/revisions\/43972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}