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‘Mumbai lobby kabtak chalayga’ - Fans react to Rohit Sharma over his response about Suryakumar Yadav’s ODI future

Here is how fans have reacted to the statement shared by Rohit Sharma over the future of the Mumbai batter in ODIs despite recent failures

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Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma

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Rohit Sharma made a comeback to team India in the second game of the ongoing three-match home ODI series against Australia. On 19 March, the second match took place in Vizag. But, Rohit failed to guide his team to victory. Australia provided a 10-wicket loss to the Men in Blue and it was quite an embarrassing defeat for them.

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But, the performance of Suryakumar Yadav in the first two matches disappointed fans very much. The star batter managed two golden ducks in those matches. So, fans raised their voices to consider other batters like Sanju Samson and others over him. But, Rohit Sharma came up with some statements in support of the batter and confirmed his backing of the star batter.

“He has obviously shown a lot of potential with white ball” - Rohit Sharma on Suryakumar Yadav

After the Vizag loss, Rohit Sharma said that they have to play Surya as Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the series. He said: “We don't know about (Shreyas) Iyer's return. At this time there is a spot available so we have to play him (Suryakumar). He has obviously shown a lot of potential with white ball and I have said it many times before (that) guys with potential will be given some run.”

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“Of course, he knows that he needs to do while in a slightly longer format of the game as well. I think things are there in his mind as well. Like I said, guys with potential will have enough run where you know they should not feel that ‘Okay, You know I wasn't given enough chances in that particular slot',” Rohit further added.

“Yes he got out in the last two games and the series before that as well, but he needs that consistent run, like back-to-back games, 7-8 or 10 games like that so that, you know, he feels more comfortable. Right now, he has got in the place when someone's been injured or someone's not available. As management we can look into the performance when you give that consistent run and then you feel that okay, the runs are not coming and (he's) not looking comfortable. Then, we will start thinking about it. Right now, we have not gone that route,” Rohit Sharma concluded. Seeing such statements from the skipper about the batter, fans were not happy and trolled him on the social media platform. Notable, both of them play together in the Mumbai franchise in the Indian T20 League since 2018.

Here is how fans have reacted to the viral statement from Rohit over Surya after the second ODI in Vizag:

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