Rohit Sharma comments on Farokh Engineer’s controversial statement regarding Anushka Sharma

Dixit Bhargav | 01/11/2019
Rohit Sharma comments on Farokh Engineer's controversial statement regarding Anushka Sharma

Rohit Sharma comments on Farokh Engineer’s controversial statement: The Indian captain was vocal about the recent controversy.

Speaking during an event in Delhi yesterday, stand-in India captain Rohit Sharma refused to comment on former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan getting banned from international cricket for a year.

“I’m not ICC,” Sharma was quoted as saying when asked about the Bangladeshi cricketer. 32-year old Shakib won’t be allowed to play cricket till October next year.

With regular captain Virat Kohli being rested for the T20I series against Bangladesh, Sharma has taken the reigns from him for the series starting from November 3 in Delhi.

Rohit Sharma comments on Farokh Engineer’s controversial statement

Former India wicket-keeper batsman Farokh Engineer was under the scanner yesterday after his comments on the Indian selection committee was made with respect to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. The actress eventually took to her social media handles to open up about the same.

Being asked about the same, Sharma didn’t consider himself to be the right person to comment on the situation. “Neither am I the President nor the captain, a regular captain. So what should I say about this?

“So, ask him [Farokh Engineer] why did he say that? I haven’t said anything, so, what should I say? I cannot go into Farokh Sir’s head and see why he said that,” Sharma added.

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With “Public Health Emergency” being declared in Delhi, there have been many doubts regarding the first T20I. Sharma, who reached Delhi yesterday, remained unperturbed with the prevailing environmental condition.

“We didn’t have any problem when we played the Test match here [vs Sri Lanka in 2017]. We are not aware of the exact discussion and I haven’t had any problem,” Sharma was quoted as saying.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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