'Is he indirectly calling Rohit Sharma a choker?' - Fans react as Mohammed Kaif shields failures of Indian captain

Indian team's regular skipper Rohit Sharma is currently missing the squad of the ongoing first of the three-match Test series against Bangladesh. The 35-year-old sustained an injury in his left thumb while attempting a catch in slip during the second ODI against Bangladesh. Later on, he had to travel to Mumbai for a consultation with the doctors.

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Talking about the captaincy of Rohit Sharma lately, he has been on the receiving end of criticism from cricket fans, experts, and former greats of the game. The men in blue lost the Asia Cup 2022 followed by the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

But recently, the former Indian batter Mohammed Kaif has come up in a defense of Rohit by saying that there is still time left to assess Rohit Sharma's captaincy as the full-time skipper of India.

"Rohit has done well since he became the captain. Apart from the big events where he failed in the World Cup and the Asia Cup, that’s why people are not happy. It was the same thing when Virat was the captain,” said Kaif during the commentary on Sony Sports Network.

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Following these remarks from Mohammed Kaif, Indian fans being Indian fans found another angle in it and they felt that Kaif is calling Sharma a 'choker' but not directly. They took to Twitter for reacting to the same.

Here's how fans reacted:

Is he indirectly calling Rohit Sharma a choker?😱😱😱 https://t.co/6NMdySWQ8T

— thalafans (@thalafa64581653) December 15, 2022

He will never be fully fit to captain team india. Its a total waste to try him now at his age. You will always find him missing from one match or the other all the time. Better @BCCI should think think about someone young. #BANvIND

— Sunny (@0502sidd) December 14, 2022

People should wait for how long? Asia cup, T20 Wc ☹️ Bangladesh odi series

— vinayak jadhav (@vinzyjadhav1807) December 14, 2022

Under #RohitSharma we don't look like even qualifying for Test Final



Already lost Asia Cup and WC #indvsbang #indvsban #indvban

— Coomedy (@CoomedyLife) December 14, 2022

Speaking of the ongoing first Test match between Bangladesh and India, the visitors have posted a total of 404 runs in the first innings, thanks to the brilliant partnership for the eighth wicket between senior all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin and lower-order batter Kuldeep Yadav. India is playing in this Test match under the captaincy of stand-in skipper KL Rahul.

Looking at the Indian batting in the first Innings, senior specialist batter Cheteshwar Pujara ended up as the leading run-scorer for the Indian team in the first innings. Middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer accompanied Pujara and they both stitched a partnership of 149 runs for the fifth wicket.