Rohit Sharma calls Ravi Shastri's criticism 'absolutely rubbish'
Updated On: 09 March, 2023 09:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Santosh Suri
India skipper calls ex-coach Ravi Shastri’s criticism of hosts getting complacent after two wins absolute rubbish; says team believe in not giving an inch to the opposition
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India skipper Rohit Sharma during a training session at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad yesterday. Pic/PTI
There was a time when criticism by the media was taken in the right spirit. The intention of the critic was never in doubt. But with the entry of a plethora of former players in the media sphere, their harsh comments usually lead to ego clashes with the team management and captain in particular. When the media asks pointed questions during pre-match interactions about criticism by former players, the captains come out all guns blazing. Here too both India and Australia skippers, Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith, did not mince words while reacting to such questions.
‘Outside noise’
We have seen of late, whenever former cricketers come up with strong words, the Indian team management has brushed it aside as “outside noise.” The phrase, coined by Rohit himself, has been frequently used whenever he has been asked about criticism by stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri. But “rubbish” is a very strong word used by him at the pre-match press conference, reacting to Shastri’s critical comments recently. “Complacency. Overconfidence. Drop in intensity. It was a combination of all these things that brought about India’s downfall in the third Test,” former India coach Shastri had said. There is little doubt that Shastri’s criticism was well intended as he didn’t feel happy to see the team that he was in-charge of till a year-and-a-half back, lose the Indore Test after holding sway over the Australian in the first two games.
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