Former India fielding coach R Sridhar has revealed that Team India was divided into two camps after the staff’s World Cup defeat in 2019. According to Sridhar, “There was a Rohit camp and a Virat camp and head coach Ravi Shastri needed to personally intervene to kind out the matter. Problem.”
There was hypothesis of a rift between India’s then captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, the rumors of which began floating after India’s semi-final exit within the 2019 ICC World Cup.
Sridhar wrote in his guide ‘Coaching Beyond: My Days with the Indian Cricket Team’, ‘After the 2019 World Cup, there was a variety of dangerous information about what allegedly occurred within the dressing room throughout our marketing campaign and after the defeat towards New Zealand. There was press. semi-finals. We had been knowledgeable that there was a Rohit camp and a Virat camp, that one had unfollowed the opposite on social media – issues that may be destabilizing when you let it fester.
Ravi Shastri with Virat Kohli. (file)
“We landed in the United States (US) about 10 days after the World Cup for a T20 series against the West Indies in Lauderhill. The first thing Ravi did on arrival was invite Virat and Rohit to his room And explaining to them that for Indian cricket to stay healthy, they need to be on the same page. Ravi, in his typical no-nonsense style, said, “Whatever occurred on social media is okay, however each of you He is probably the most senior cricketer, so it must be stopped. He stated, ‘I would like you to go away all this behind and unite to maneuver us ahead.’
“You can see that issues began getting higher after that. Ravi’s motion was swift, easy and decisive. It was merely bringing the 2 boys collectively, sitting them down and speaking to them. Ravi took no time to do that. Not wasted,” Sridhar defined.
India toured the West Indies instantly after the World Cup and the then head coach Ravi Shastri referred to as on Rohit and Kohli to kind issues out of their ‘regular garbage methods’.
However, Kohli had categorically denied the rumors of a rift along with his deputy Rohit and stated that individuals are mendacity and disrespecting the non-public lives of the gamers.
“I’ve heard quite a bit from exterior that if the ambiance was not proper, we’d not have come on prime in ODIs. In my opinion, it is baffling. It is ridiculous to learn such issues. We are feeding on lies and ignoring information and creating fantasies and eventualities. Bringing private life into the image is disrespectful. It is shocking that lies are being unfold.
If the ambiance within the dressing room was not good, we’d not have been capable of carry out like that. Kohli had stated earlier than the West Indies tour after the World Cup that the form of efficiency we’ve got performed is feasible solely due to the camaraderie, belief and understanding in our staff.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
