After former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh slammed Congress leader Shama Mohamed for making a nasty comment on Rohit Sharma’s fitness a few days back and criticizing his captaincy, India are going along their unbeaten run in the Champions Trophy.
Multiple prominent personalities have since rallied behind Rohit, acknowledging his crucial contributions to Indian cricket
Harbhajan, a big figure in Indian cricket, took a strong stance against the criticism and slammed Shama for her comments
Will someone take off his cap and won`t be surprised to see as he keeps talking about his fitness, each and all with captaincy skills all about. Harbhajan said that while talking to India today that I just questioned a very simple question – whether the lady who had made this remark on Rohit Sharma’s fitness was a part of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) or any other organisation where she understood the rule and also the fitness.
So putting a finger towards anyone is very easy, but at the same time, the thumb is facing towards you, so just check yourself too,” Harbhajan added
Rohit Sharma led India to finals in the Champions Trophy and face New Zealand today, Sunday, March 9, at the summit showdown in Dubai.
Shama made a nationwide uproar via an Instagram post which contained a nasty remark directed at Rohit.
Accepting that her comments were out of line, Congress party has asked Shama to make delete the post from her Twitter account.
In her now deleted post, Shama said that Rohit is “fat for a sportsman.” “Need to lose weight! Most unimpressive Captain ever to have been made in India!”
Congress Asserting that Shama distance herself from the party stand, Shama’s remarks regarding Rohit did not represent the party’s position and directed her to exercise greater caution in future.
Shama said that such were her statements and In it a storm had been brewed. She, however, added that she was proud of Rohit but spoke about fitness.
In her response to a post praising Rohit, Shama asked what was so world-class about the former as compared to his predecessors, core teams, devisers, and the rest, including Sourav Ganguly, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, former India head coach Rahul Dravid, former India captain MS Dhoni, ace India batter Virat Kohli, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, and the rest.
