NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and BJP MP praised New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi for his excellent performance against India in T20 World Cup on Sunday. He, however, criticized the captaincy of Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
Gambhir wrote, “Well, the only time Ish Sodhi was tested last Sunday was during the post-match press conference. An Indian reporter asked him to reply to a question in Hindi. “My Hindi is going to be tested here, sir. If my mum is watching this and I say something slightly wrong, she’ll give me a hard time.”
He said that Kohli has never impressed him as a strategist and once again he failed to live up to expectations and disappointment on Sunday. For starters, why did he change the team from the one that played against Pakistan? Moreover, he also changed the batting order and had Ishan Kishan open in place of Rohit.
“I had played long enough with MS Dhoni to know that he would have nothing to do with these knee-jerk changes just after one game,” he said.