World Cup-winning star Yuvraj sees nothing wrong in Rohit, Kohli's T20I return

The 2011 World Cupwinning star Yuvraj Singh sees nothing wrong in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohlis return to the shortest format of the game Both Indian stars were named in the India T20I squad against Afghanistan which will be the last T20I series before the global T20I showpiece starting from JuneTheir inclusion began a debate if it was a progressive stepAlso Read Tennis legend Novak Djokovic opens up on his bond with Indias cricketing star Virat KohliYuvraj on the other hand was not impressed with the debate going on Rohit and Kohlis inclusion in the T20I squad He dismissed it by uttering the lyrics of the famous Kishore Kumar song Kuch toh log kahenge logon ka kaam hai kehnaHis response thus underscored the importance of disregarding critics and staying focused on the task at hand Its because they play all the three formats they are back after 14 months You have to manage your workload if you play the three formats Its a question for the selectorsThe former lefthanded batsman praised Indian captain Rohit Sharma for his leadership skills I can say Rohit has been a great captain hes got five IPL trophies he took us to the World Cup final He has been one of our great captains of IPL and India We have to manage his workloadAlso Read IN PHOTOS IND vs AFG 2nd T20I Heres all you need to knowAsked whether Rohit or Hardik Pandya should be named as the captain in the T20 World Cup he said I dont know whats the situation with Hardiks fitness at the moment That is selectors callHardik Pandya has been named as the captain of Mumbai Indians ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 On any potential ego clash Yuvraj said When players play together these things happen If they have an issue they should definitely sit and talk about itRohit has always been very instrumental in getting the best out of Hardik whenever he has played for Mumbai Indians especially in terms of his bowling to manage his workloadHardik has always been always good with the bat at death Batting at 4 for Gujarat he batted like a batter They should definitely talk about it I dont see an issue there he said about the situation when Rohit is back leading Team IndiaWhenever you are playing for your country your priority is to put everything aside and give your 100 percent in the park They both are professionals if they have any issue they will put it aside and give 100 percent for the countryHaving played a key role in Indias T20I and ODI World Cup triumphs Yuvraj has little regrets as a cricketer But the former lefthander still rues that he could have played more than 40 TestsThe only regret is that I could have played more Tests I played 40 Tests and I was 12th man for 45 Tests It was an era where Virender Sehwag who was a middleorder batter and he had to open There was Dada Sourav Ganguly who was the captain then VVS Laxman Rahul Dravid Sachin TendulkarIt was very tough to get in But I always gave my 100 percent as a team man thats more important for me On whether he could have become a captain he said It is something of a very big honour Now you see sometimes 23 captains then you like But you have to accept itWe have three teams now In those days we didnt have those opportunities Dada then Mahi was a very good captain Whoever is destined to become captain becomes captain Its all destiny No regrets he concludedWith PTI Inputs