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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has been on the receiving end of criticism from fans and experts after his side’s struggles in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. After winning the opening game of the elite five-match series, the Rohit Sharma-led side went on to lose the second game with a margin of 10 wickets. Not only this, the team that was hopeful of making a comeback in the third game is teetering. The Indian side crumbled to the Aussie pace attack when they were chasing a mammoth score of 445 runs.
The poor show from star batters have put India in hot waters, and fans as well as pundits minced no words while criticising Rohit Sharma’s leadership skills. Amid India’s struggles to survive at the Gabba, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali criticised the Indian team management and hinted at feuds in the Indian dressing room. He suggested that things are not well between head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir are not on the same page: Basit Ali makes shocking claims
The former Pakistani batter hinted at differences in the Indian dressing room, while opining that the skipper and head coach are not on the same page. He said on his YouTube channel, “Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir are not on the same page, be it the one-day tournament in Sri Lanka; Bangladesh, which was a weak series; or the New Zealand series after that. In the second and third (Tests), they (Rohit and Gambhir) are not on the same page, like Rahul Dravid was. He and Rohit were not on the same page.”
He also questioned Ravindra Jadeja’s inclusion in the playing squad of the third Test. Ali said, "I can explain it very easily. In all three Tests matches, a different spinner played. In two Test matches, they batted after winning the toss, but here they chose to bowl. There are three left-handers in the Australian batting....So why not (Washington) Sundar and why not (Ravichandran) Ashwin? Anybody who understands cricket will definitely talk about it.”
