Aakash Chopra shuns Gambhir's criticism of Virat Kohli for Bangalore's poor run in IPL

Shunning former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir's criticism of Virat Kohli, cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra questioned that if Rohit Sharma would be able to lead Bangalore to an IPL victory. Chopra remarked that just because Kohli's team does t do well, it does t mean that it is skipper's fault. Gambhir had come out all guns blazing on Virat Kohli after Bangalore failed to reach finals in IPL 2020 and asserted that Team India skipper should be held accountable. 

'If Rohit was given Bangalore...'

Reflecting upon Gambhir's call to make Rohit Sharma India's T20 captain, Chopra opined that Mumbai's success story cant be equated with India. "Gautam Gambhir believes that it is nation’s misfortune if Rohit Sharma is t made Indian T20I captain because he is most successful captain in IPL. But I have a question that if Rohit was given Bangalore team, which is re with Kohli, would he have won two, three or four out of five titles Mumbai have won?” Aakash Chopra said.

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“Rohit as a captain is outstanding, I love him to bits but can Mumbai Indians’ success story be equated with India, that is my question. Just because Kohli’s team does t do well, does it mean that is Kohli’s fault,” he added.

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Earlier after Mumbai claimed fifth IPL title on Tuesday, Gautam Gambhir had compared records of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as leaders of ir respective franchises and stated that Mumbai skipper should lead Team India in shortest format of game 'without question'. He stated that Rohit 'kws exactly how to win games' and change would unburden Virat Kohli as well. Moreover, Gambhir also criticised Kohli for Bangalore's repeated failures. 

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"Tell me any or captain - forget about captain - tell me any or player who would have got eight years and wouldn't have won title and would have still continued with it. So it has to be accountability. A captain needs to take accountability," Gambhir had said.

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