"Whitewash at home bigger failure than BGT loss": Yuvraj Singh

Former Team India cricketer Yuvraj Singh said that being whitewashed at home against New Zealand was a bigger low for the national side than losing the BorderGavaskar Trophy to AustraliaTeam India had tough months in Test cricket as they lost the Test series by 03 against New Zealand at home and then fell short by 13 against the AussiesBoth the debacles have been largely attributed to the teams batting frailties especially those of Rohit and KohliAccording to me losing to New Zealand is more hurting sic Because they are losing 30 at home You know that is not acceptable This losing BGT is still acceptable because you have won two times in Australia And this time you lost Yuvraj Singh told PTI Videos in an interview hereAustralia has been a dominant side for the last so many years that is my thought the 43yearold hero of Indias 2011 World Cup triumph saidVirat Kohli managed to register a century during the Test series but continued to throw his wicket to an outside offstump delivery Rohit Sharma on the other hand was worse as he managed to garner just 31 runs in the seriesBut Yuvraj Singh stated that it is not fair to criticize the duo keeping in mind their past achievementsAlso ReadWont be a surprise Sunil Gavaskar on India selectors taking bold decision after WTC heartbreakWe are talking about our greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma we are saying very bad things about them he saidpeople forget what they have achieved in the past They are one of the greatest cricketers of this time Okay they lost they did not play good cricket They are getting hurt more than us he addedHoping for bouncing back Yuvraj Singh said he has full faith in not just Virat and Rohit but also head coach Gautam GambhirI feel that Gautam Gambhir as a coach Ajit Agarkar as a selector Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Jasprit Bumrah they are the best minds in cricket right now he assertedAnd they have to decide whats the way for Indian cricket in future he saidThe bighitting former batter also lauded Rohit for dropping himself from the Sydney Test saying it was a selfless actI think it is a big thing I have never seen in the past that the captains form is not going well and he himself has gone out And this is Rohit Sharmas greatness that he has kept the team ahead of himself Yuvraj Singh saidI think he is a great captain Whether win or lose he will always be a great captain And in his captaincy we have played the ODI World Cup final We won a T20 World Cup We have achieved a lot he pointed outHe urged the critics to exercise restraint while dissecting the teams performanceI was a student of the game and now I am a student of the game The amount of cricket I have played they have played more cricket than me said the man who played 304 ODIs 40 Tests and 58 T20 Internationals for India amassing 11000 runs across formatsI can give my opinion And my opinion is that when players are not performing it is easy to say bad about them But it is very difficult to support them Medias job is to say bad about them My job is to support my friends and brothers For me they are my family Simple he signed offWith PTI Inputs