After being criticised by many including former India opener Gautam Gambhir for the country's loss in the ODI series against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday (November 30), Harbhajan Singh has now come in support of Virat Kohli.
After being criticised by many including former India opener Gautam Gambhir for the country's loss in the ODI series against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday (November 30), Harbhajan Singh has now come in support of Virat Kohli.
The Aussies defeated India by 51 runs in second ODI and the loss has got Indian skipper under the scanner and Gambhir slammed him for his captaincy.
"I can't understand the captaincy, to be honest. We kept talking about how important it was to take wickets upfront if you have to stop this kind of batting line-up and then you make your premier bowler bowl two overs," Gautam Gambhir said in a video posted on ESPNCricinfo.
However, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has come in support of underfire Kohli. Bhajji stated there is 'no pressure with captaincy on Kohli'.
He believes others need to support Kohli in mammoth run-chases. "I don’t think Kohli is under any kind of pressure with captaincy, don’t think it’s a burden for him. I think he enjoys those challenges, he is a leader, who leads from the front and sets an example for the team to do the needful. For the team to win games,” Harbhajan told India Today.
“I don’t think captaincy is affecting Virat Kohli as it’s obviously one guy cannot win you the game. As I said, even after the World Cup, you know you have Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, standing and taking the team forward and scoring most of the runs," he opined.
Bhajji added, "It’s good to see KL [Rahul] performing but you need a couple of more guys consistently doing well for Team India. So the pressure can shift off a little bit from Virat so that he can bat freely, he can do what he needs and also enjoy the game."
Team India will now be eager to move past the ODI series loss and will look to prevent a whitewash in the series finale, on Wednesday (December 2) in Canberra.
The ODIs will be followed by three T20Is and Kohli will look to guide the Men in Blue to a series win and ease some pressure off his shoulders.
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