Veterans furious at Kohli: Gambhir said - Virat is not mentally strong, Gavaskar-Shoaib said - Rohit's batting order was not to be changed

Team India lost the second consecutive match badly in the T20 World Cup. After defeating Pakistan by 10 wickets, New Zealand also defeated Team India by 8 wickets. After these two defeats, many veteran players have lashed out at the team management and captain Virat Kohli. Gautam Gambhir even said that Virat is not mentally strong. At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar and Shoaib Akhtar raised questions about Rohit's batting order.

serious on Virat

Talking to ESPN Cricinfo, Gambhir said, 'It is not that Kohli does not perform well under pressure, but I must say that now he is not able to perform in the required match. He may not be able to score big in important matches, maybe he is not that strong mentally.

Questions raised about Rohit Sharma's batting order

Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar said in an event today, 'Rohit Sharma is a brilliant opener and he was sent to number three in the match against New Zealand. How many runs as Kohli himself scored at number 3, but he went to bat at number 4. The innings were started with a young player like Ishan Kishan. Ishaan is a hit-or-miss player. Such a batsman should bat at number 4 or 5.

He further said, 'The team told that we do not trust Rohit Sharma. You can't play Trent Boult. If you give such messages to your opener, who has been playing in this position for many years, then he also starts doubting his ability. If Ishan Kishan had scored 70, you would have praised him, but when the bet didn't work, you would have to face criticism.

Akhtar was also furious

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar expressed surprise over the decision to get Ishan Kishan to open the innings. According to him, Rohit Sharma should have opened the innings. Akhtar said on his YouTube channel, 'You have already seen the match. The evening of India had to come and it has come. They've lost. He has played very badly. Looking at the match against New Zealand, it does not seem that India had even come to play the match. It felt like the bus had come to play a New Zealand match.