Virat vs Rohit Drama Watch

[Sean Bradley]

Felt like this deserves a thread. Rohit injured before the Tests, Virat unavailable for ODIs, there are definite 2 camps within the Indian Teams which is pretty eminent by now. 

 

This has disaster written all over it. Thoughts?

[I6MTW]

Best solution would be to remove both of them from all formats. They are anyways old and declining. We have plenty of backup in domestic cricket that can be groomed. This helps avoid the drama which is about to unfold.

[raki05]

Yes pretty much it. Kohli with such high ego would not take anyone leading him, on top of it he is in bad form, just like he dropped rohit,Hahane and Ashwin in past if rohit drops him ones all hell will brak loose.

[Lone Wolf]

Yeah looks very pathetic indeed.  Clearly both can't stand each other &,  won't play side by side.  BCCI needs to take a bold call & remove one of them. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Kohli is unavailable for ODIs as he has a planned family holiday. Did not report to the team hotel as he had his marriage anniversary on 11th.

 

Rohit reported to the team hotel, got injured during practice and is out for tests but may still play ODIs

 

If there is even an iota of truth in both trying to not play under each other, kick both of them out from the team straight away. If it means s losing a couple of series with a young team, so bloody be it. 

Edited December 14, 2021 by ShoonyaSifar

[mishra]

Kohli is only doing drama. Others including BCCI and Rohit are managing his tantrums.

[prudent_kreeda]

See brighter side of it. We needed to test younger lot to find best possible newcomers . With only 4 batting position if both VK & RS play , only 3 places can be experimented . Now we can experiment minimum 4 and if rohit fails to recover 5 people will be tested on a overseas tour against high quality pace bowling.  

Guys like Ruturaj, Shaw, Iyer, Surya , Mayank can be tested  provided Thigh slapper does not sneak in. 

If VK feels he does not want to play under Rohit, what the heck, Let him do it . Path will be clear for selectors to do what is best for India. Why blame BCCI for it. 

If someone feels as a cricketer he will not play under another captain that does not work that way. Captaincy is not guaranteed till their retirement to anyone in any country's team. 

To use VK's own phrase " Hume Kuch farak nahi padta" . 

Edited December 14, 2021 by prudent_kreeda

[rollingstoned]

20 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Kohli is unavailable for ODIs as he has a planned family holiday. Did not report to the team hotel as he had his marriage anniversary on 11th.

 

Rohit reported to the team hotel, got injured during practice and is out for tests but may still play ODIs

 

If there is even an iota of truth in both trying to not play under each other, kick both of them out from the team straight away. If it means s losing a couple of series with a young team, so bloody be it. 

 

https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/1470646829767282689?s=20

 

 won't forestall conspiracy theories for sure.

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2021 by rollingstoned

[vvvslaxman]

This is where Youngsters should step up and threaten their relevance. They are rich. They don't have to earn more. But Kohli is addicted to being relevant. 

[Adamant]

47 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Yes pretty much it. Kohli with such high ego would not take anyone leading him, on top of it he is in bad form, just like he dropped rohit,Hahane and Ashwin in past if rohit drops him ones all hell will brak loose.

How long can he keep this up? 

This doesn't sound logical at all. 

Kabhi to khelna hi padega na Rohit ke under same goes for Rohit. 

[Adamant]

1 hour ago, raki05 said:

Yes pretty much it. Kohli with such high ego would not take anyone leading him, on top of it he is in bad form, just like he dropped rohit,Hahane and Ashwin in past if rohit drops him ones all hell will brak loose.

And when did he drop Rohit? 

[Sean Bradley]

6 minutes ago, Adamant said:

And when did he drop Rohit? 

They can't drop eachother, neither they look in any mood to play alongside eachother, no one can be bigger than the game,  personal ego clashes, making oneself unavailable for selection due to injury and other reasons, displays cowardice and shows that you are putting yourself ahead of team and countries interest. In this case, like a few posters suggested, Both of them should be asked to leave and new team with new leader should be the way forward.

[asterix]

Kohli era coming to end faster than I thought.

 

Great opportunity for young talents to com-in.

 

BCCI will stick with Rohit. I’m expecting Kohli to be kicked out of Test Caprsincy too…

 

Separate thought: Both players excusing out of SA series could be their apprehensions of the prevailing Omicron Virus… Both will be back in any other safer series…

[Lone Wolf]

Team will be better served without these two in ODI series...  As we anyway need new options. 

We will have trouble in test cricket.   Rahane Pujara Kohli seem like on one side.  All three of em will play all 3 tests & that's where the real issue is.  It will need a miracle to win test series in South Africa which was supposedly most easiest of SENA tours this time around. 

 

[prudent_kreeda]

There is ego involved in this drama . Everyone will realise the  futility of the same . Each will have to play under another at some point. If that is not acceptable to both ,Board will decide to resolve the issue.  

Its just a matter of time . Come home series matches & minnow teams  -both will  announce well before the series , that they are perfectly fit and also have no family commitments during such series. Nahi to Zameen neeche se kisak jayega if you miss on easy runs. Lot of new guys are just waiting in Q .

[Suhaan]

Yes,both of them are creating uncertainty , disarray in the camp

This is not good for any side,Rohit himself is not young and its matter of time he will too not be much more than a baggage for this side

Kohli,well a poisonous character that too with no much value as a player also doesn't warrant a place in any of the sides

Indian cricket is not known to take cold hard decisions, both of them will look upto sabotage progress of eachother's side

Edited December 14, 2021 by Suhaan

[urbestfriend]

Strange are the ways this is handled by BCCI.

Rohit's left wrist injury turned hamstring injury automatically recovers after one month so that he can captain ODI series 

Kohli's just finished a break , wants a break again after a month..

How long can they go like this? there is more than what eye meets..

 

[New guy]

Needed a young captain with complete BCCI and coach's backing. But BCCI doesn't have the guts

[R!TTER]

5 hours ago, Sean Bradley said:

This has disaster written all over it. Thoughts?

Yes, which means that at least one will have to be thrown out much like Ganguly in 2005-06.

[raki05]

4 hours ago, Adamant said:

How long can he keep this up? 

This doesn't sound logical at all. 

Kabhi to khelna hi padega na Rohit ke under same goes for Rohit. 

In test cricket many time when he din't perform and rightly so, but big players dont take it lightly. Also during aus tour there were lot of controversies when Rohit was kept out of all 3 format.