Sunil Gavaskar Terms Speculation Of Rift Between Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma As 'Nonsense'

Following Men in Blue's win over Windies in their historic 1000th ODI, Gavaskar reacted to the rift speculation between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

New Delhi: From the last few months, rumours of rift between Indian cricket team's senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been doing rounds. The first ODI match between India and West Indies at Ahmedabad was Rohit's maiden ODI match as India's full-time skipper and this was also Virat's first ODI match under Rohit's captaincy.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's bromance was also a point of discussion in this ODI. The duo put an end to all such baseless speculations by displaying their bond and friendship during the series opener.

Virat helped Rohit in field setting over course of the match and even convinced him to successfully take the DRS. Virat and Rohit were also spotted giving a high-five to each other following Yuzvendra Chahal's dismissal of Windies captain Kieron Pollard. The video of both incidents had gone viral on social media.

Following Men in Blue's win over Windies in their historic 1000th ODI, Gavaskar reacted to the rift speculation.

“Why wouldn't they be getting along? They are playing for India. All these talks that you generally hear about two players not gelling and etc. are all speculations.

"According to reliable sources or allegedly or reportedly. Nobody actually tells you and this has been happening for a years. And these guys don't even bother about it. You wouldn't even bother about these kind of speculations because you yourself know what the truth is. And so there is nothing,” said Gavaskar on Star Sports in the post-match show, TIMESNOWNEWS.com reported.

“There are often speculations that the captain who is now a player in the team will not want the new captain to succeed. This is nonsense. Because if he doesn't score runs or a bowler doesn't pick wickets then he is going to be out of the team," the ex-India skipper asserted.

"He has already lost the captaincy or opted out of captaincy, now you don't contribute with the bat or ball then you are going to be out of the team. So all these talks are mere speculations from people who have nothing better to do and are trying and creating stories," added Gavaskar.