Team India captain Rohit Sharma is facing the heat from the fans after Men in Blue lost to Sri Lanka in their second clash in Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2022 on Tuesday (September) in Dubai. The captain of the Indian men's cricket team came under fire for many key decisions which he failed to take. One of them was picking a squad which lacks experience in the pace bowling department. Fans are also pointing out to his disastrous team selection as well as on-field decision making. There is a lot of debate whether Rishabh Pant should be playing as the first-choice wicketkeeper over proven match-winner Dinesh Karthik.
The other 'bad' decision many fans think is picking KL Rahul as an opener when he is out of form. With Rahul sticking to his slow-starter approach with the bat, India's top 3 batter play the same way is the arguement. Fans and experts wan Suryakumar Yadav to bat at No 3 and maybe Ishan Kishan at the top of the batting lineup and Kohli batting at 4.
Apart from these cricketing opinions, fans are also upset over Rohit showing his emotions in a loud manner on the cricket field. When Arshdeep dropped a catch during India vs Pakistan match, he yelled at him. A video clip went viral from India vs Sri Lanka where Rohit can be seen ignoring Arshdeep's suggestion.
Indian fans began a hashtah #SackRohit to pour out their emotions after the end of the match.
Take a look at the reactions here.
Dropped DK, didn't give the ball to Hooda when Nawaz a lefty who was playing ,went on to bowl YUZI in powerplay and played games with only four specialist bowlers.
Quite the reasons to sack Rohit Sharma from captaincy - From a Kohli fan who experienced these things _ #sackrohit pic.twitter.com/q8b8xFOL8X— Vishnu (@itsvishnu17) September 6, 2022
I don't care how many trophies Rohit has but he can never be a leader like Virat Kohli. #ViratKohli #captainkohli #viratkholi #ICC #SackRohit #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/Mp5ZopxoKW
— Ankit Jha (@ankit_virat18) September 7, 2022
I have not seen this type of behavior from any previous indian captain in my entire life......now i can understand why in 2017 MSD recommended Kohli's name instead of Rohit sharma
In fact, Dhoni knew that only Kohli could handle the entire Indian team.#SackRohit pic.twitter.com/RyNONgopiM— Virat.kohli (@Virat_champion) September 7, 2022
If India loses in VK's captaincy
- Blame VK
If India loses in MSD's captaincy
- Blame MSD
If India loses in Rohit's captaincy
- Blame other playersPak B side
SL D side
Hong Kong Z side
But we are still not able to play the final even after having the best team#SackRohit agree?— KL Rahul FC (@KLRahulZone) September 6, 2022
If India loses in VK's captaincy
- Blame VK
If India loses in MSD's captaincy
- Blame MSD
If India loses in Rohit's captaincy
- Blame other playersPak B side
SL D side
Hong Kong Z side
But we are still not able to play the final even after having the best team#SackRohit agree?— KL Rahul FC (@KLRahulZone) September 6, 2022
Rohit however sounded positive at the end of the match about India doing well further in this tournament as well as T20 World Cup 2022 set to take place in Australia next month. He said that there are no long terms worries for India but India needs to answer a few questions before the World Cup. "No long term worries, we have lost only two games back to back. Since the last World Cup, we haven't lost too many games. These games will teach us. We wanted to put ourselves under pressure in the Asia Cup. We are still looking for answers," he said.
