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‘This isn’t gully cricket’: Rohit Sharma on why he wants Kuldeep Yadav to stop appealing on every ball and trust wicketkeeper’s instincts | Cricket News

‘This isn’t gully cricket’: Rohit Sharma on why he wants Kuldeep Yadav to stop appealing on every ball and trust wicketkeeper’s instincts | Cricket News

Around a month ago, a video went viral during South Africa’s tour of India where in a match in the ODI series, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli engaged in banter with spinner Kuldeep Yadav due to his relentless appealing. In a recent interaction, Rohit had an advice for Kuldeep ahead of the T20 World Cup- to stop with the incessant appeals on every ball and trust the wicketkeeper’s judgments. “My one simple advice to Kuldeep is to just bowl quietly and go back to his mark. You can’t appeal on every ball. This is basic. I keep saying it, but it still happens often. Even after telling him many times, he appeals at every chance. You have to use your head. Where did the ball hit? Just because it touches the pad, it doesn’t mean it’s out every time. This isn’t gully cricket,” Rohit said in JioHotstar’s ‘Captain Rohit Sharma’s Roadmap for the T20 World Cup’ show. “I get he is enthusiastic, but think of the team first. Each team only gets two DRS reviews. …

Rohit Sharma opens up about taking tough calls as skipper, cites example of how he and Rahul Dravid told Shreyas Iyer about exclusion from 2022 Asia Cup, T20 WC | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma opens up about taking tough calls as skipper, cites example of how he and Rahul Dravid told Shreyas Iyer about exclusion from 2022 Asia Cup, T20 WC | Cricket News

It isn’t a long while ago that Rohit Sharma was the Indian skipper for all three formats, leading the team in competitions like the Asia Cup, T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy. Now, having retired from T20Is and Tests, the former India skipper looked back at some of the tough calls he had to make during his tenure as captain. Talking to JioHotstar’s ‘Captain Rohit Sharma’s Roadmap for T20 World Cup’ show, Rohit opened up about the time where he and then-coach Rahul Dravid had to tell Shreyas Iyer that he would not be a part of the 2022 Asia Cup as well as the 2022 T20 World Cup squad in Australia. Both tournaments did not go well from India’s point of view with the Men in Blue failing to reach the final on both occasions. “There have been many such instances of taking hard calls before World Cups. I think of Shreyas Iyer during the 2022 T20 World Cup. I still remember that we were playing in the West Indies. Rahul bhai and …