Delhi: Shubman Gill, vice -captain of India, reacted to the ongoing rumors about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s retirement. He said that there is no discussion on the retirement of these two legendary players in the Indian dressing room at this time. He made this statement against New Zealand at a pre-match press conference before the Champions Trophy final.
Virat and Rohit brought the finals
Kohli and Rohit have played an important role in taking India to the final of the Champions Trophy. While Virat has scored a century, Rohit has not been able to score a big score in this tournament yet, but he has given a strong start to the Indian team in many matches.
Batting line-up appreciation
Shubman Gill also talked about India’s batting depth and said that “This is his best batting line-up ever. He described Rohit as one of the best openers in the world and did not need to comment on Virat’s ability. Gill said that the team’s batting depth gets the freedom to play more openly. “
Shubman gill on the speech about rohit sharma’s retirement:
“No discussion in the dressing room or with me – even rohit bhai would be thinking about champions trophy final, like all of us. So nothing like that now”. (Sahil Malhotra from toi) pic.twitter.com/g9DDRD4QLP
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Indian team’s enthusiasm
Shubman Gill further said that “The team is very excited about the final. Last time, the 50 -over World Cup was not won, but this time India is fully ready to win. There will be a match pressure in the final, but the team which will handle this pressure well, will win the final. ” He also said that the team has done well in four matches so far and there is no extra pressure on them.
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