Former India cricketer Yograj Singh has spoken highly of India’s ODI captain Rohit Sharma and believes that he should keep playing for Team India for five more years. Rohit had already taken retirement from both the T20Is and Tests. His last appearance was in the Champions Trophy 2025, which India won under his captaincy.
Speaking to News18 CricketNext, Yograj called Rohit his man while slamming his critics. “The man about whom so many people speak rubbish, Rohit Sharma – I said that day that Rohit will be my man, the man, my man,” he said.
In addition to that, he praised Rohit’s performance as a batter, suggesting that he should get some training to become fitter if he plans to play for five more years.
He added, “The way he batted, his batting one side and the rest of the team’s batting on the other side. His innings on one side and the rest of the world on the other. That’s his class. You can say, ‘Rohit, aapki hume 5 saal aur zarurat hai yaar’ (Rohit, we need you for five more years, man) so please do more for your country, work on your fitness and everything. Put four men on him, make him run 10 kilometres every morning. He has the class to play till 45 years of age, if he wants.”
The former cricketer also suggested that Rohit should play domestic cricket.
“I believe you should play domestic cricket; the more you play that, the fitter you’ll be. Who got the Man of the Match in the final? Rohit Sharma. So you should only talk about things that you know. If you want to talk about his game and fitness, do that only if you have played at some level. Do you feel ashamed for talking like this?” he concluded.
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