Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh backed Rohit Sharma ahead of Test Series against West Indies which will start from July 12. Team India will play three ODIs and five T20Is followed by Tests. Rohit & Co. are currently in Dominica preparing for the first game.
In recent weeks, the Indian captain has received a lot of flak from fans and former cricketers, including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who felt that his leadership in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia was not up to the mark.
However, Harbhajan, who has seen a lot of Rohit in the Indian as well as the Mumbai Indians dressing room, reminded everyone about the kind of respect he commands from his peers.
“I have played with Rohit and watched him closely, he deserves a lot of respect – so it’s unfair to judge him on the basis of recent results – he will come good and we need to show faith in him & we need to support him rather than pinpointing,” Harbhajan Singh told PTI.
For Harbhajan, the need of the hour is to show faith in Rohit’s leadership ability.
“I have played with him (Rohit) and watched him closely. He commands a lot of respect not only in MI dressing room but also in the Indian dressing room. So I think it’s unfair to judge him on the basis of recent results.”
Former India spinner reckoned that we need to show faith in the Indian captain rather than pinpointing that you are not doing this or that.
“He will come good and we need to show faith in him and we need to support him rather than pinpointing that you are not doing this or that.” History has been witness to every influential Indian captain getting implicit backing from the BCCI and its most powerful administrator. For Sourav Ganguly, Jagmohan Dalmiya’s support was very vital, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni always enjoyed firm backing from another BCCI strongman, N Srinivasan, throughout his captaincy tenure.”
With inputs from PTI
