Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on alleged rift between Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma: Nobody is greater than sports activities

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Wednesday mentioned that no participant is greater than the sport when he was requested concerning the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur reacts to alleged rift between Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSNobody is greater than sports activities: Sports Minister on alleged Kohli-Rohit riftReports of variations between Rohit and Virat have been doing the roundsRohit Sharma has been dominated out of South Africa Tests on account of a hamstring damageUnion Sports Minister Anurag Thakur reacted to the alleged rift between two Indian captains, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, saying no one is greater than sports activities and anxious federations or associations ought to present details about the matter.

“Sports is supreme & nobody is bigger than sports. I can’t you give info as to what’s going on between which players in what game. It’s the job of concerned federations/associations. It’ll be better if they give info,” Sports Minister Anurag Thakur advised India Today.Rumors of variations between the 2 main cricketers have been doing the rounds ever since Kohli was eliminated because the ODI skipper and the job was handed to Rohit by the BCCI final week. This occurred after Kohli determined to step down as skipper of the T20I facet publish the ICC T20 World Cup final month and Rohit took over.Rohit then suffered a hamstring damage on Sunday and was dominated out of the South Africa Test sequence, by which Kohli might be main the Indian staff. Then got here the rumours of Kohli probably skipping the SA ODIs on account of his daughter’s first birthday, however nothing has been confirmed by the Indian cricket board or the participant himself.Notably, Rohit and Kohli haven’t performed with one another since India’s exit from the ICC T20 World Cup within the UAE in early November. Kohli is scheduled to handle the media in a press convention on Wednesday. He is anticipated to be bombarded with questions over the rumours floating on social media, be it over the ODI captaincy change, his participation within the limited-overs sequence towards South Africa and even his rapport with Rohit.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.