Watch: Rohit Sharma reacts on Kapil Dev's statements on Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has been enduring a lean patch in international cricket for a long time now. Fan were hoping that he would come back in form in the recently concluded T20 series against England but it didn't happen. In the third T20I against England, he scored 11 runs getting out to David Willey.

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Before the start of the 3rd T20I, former India skipper Kapil Dev had stated that If Ashwin can be dropped from the team then Virat Kohli too can be. Reacting to the statement, skipper Rohit Sharma defended his senior talisman. He said that the legendary skipper is watching the game from the outside and doesn't know what is happening in the dressing room.

Mumbaikar said that team building is a task where a lot of thinking goes. He said that people from outside don't understand what goes behind. The right-hander also defended Virat's slump with the bat. The captain said that every player goes through ups and downs but that doesn't make them a bad player.

"He is watching the game from outside and does not know what is happening inside. We have our thought process. We build our team and behind this, there is a lot of thinking. We back the boys and give them opportunities. So, these things you do not get to know from outside. So, whatever is happening outside is not important but what is happening inside is more important for us," said the skipper during a post-match press conference referring to Kapil Dev's statement on Kohli.

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"If you talk about form then everyone goes through ups and downs. The Player's quality does not get affected. So, we should keep these things in our minds. When a player is doing well for so many years, then one or two bad series does not make him a bad player. We should not overlook his past performances. We who are in the team know the importance of the player. They have got all the right to talk about it but it does not matter for us too much," he added.

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With the T20I series wrapped up, both teams will play a three-match ODI series, starting on July 12.