IPL: ‘If Rohit Sharma captained RCB, would he have won 5 titles?’ – Aakash Chopra slams Gautam Gambhir’s remarks

IPL: ‘If Rohit Sharma captained RCB, would he have won 5 titles?’ – Aakash Chopra slams Gautam Gambhir’s remarks
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With rallying calls from some fans and cricketers to make Rohit Sharma the captain of the Indian cricket team and to sack Virat Kohli from captaincy, none more vociferous than that of Gautam Gambhir, Aakash Chopra has disagreed and stated otherwise. Earlier this week, Rohit led his side Mumbai Indians (MI) to a record 5th Indian Premier League title. Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the other hand, bowed out in the Eliminator as their wait for a first IPL title continued.

Following RCB’s ousting, Gambhir had called for ‘accountability’ from Kohli for failing to win a single title in 8 years as captain. “The problem is about accountability. 8 years into the tournament, 8 years is a long time. Tell me any other captain, forget about captain tell me any other player who would have got 8 years and wouldn’t have won the title and still continue with it. So it has to be about accountability, a captain needs to take accountability,” he had stated.

‘It’s not Kohli’s fault’ – Aakash Chopra

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Aakash Chopra

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has come out in support of Kohli and criticized Gambhir’s remarks. Chopra opined that Rohit might not have tasted the same success that he has at Mumbai Indians, had he been the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

“Gautam Gambhir believes that it is the nation’s misfortune if Rohit Sharma is not made the Indian T20I captain because he is the most successful captain in the IPL. But I have a question that if Rohit was given the RCB team, which is there with Kohli, will he have won two, three or four out of the five titles MI have won?” Aakash Chopra said.

Chopra further said that if Kohli’s teams doesn’t do well, it’s not necessarily his fault. “Rohit as a captain is outstanding, I love him to bits but can the Mumbai Indians’ success story be equated with India, that is my question. Just because Kohli’s team does not do well, does it mean that is Kohli’s fault,” he said.

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