Rohit had taken a dig at broadcasters on his "1st ODI hundred in 3 years" stat after ton in 3rd ODI.
Sharma scored his first ODI century since January 2020 in the third and final match in Indore, scoring 101 runs in 85 balls. After Rohit scored his 30th ton in the format, the broadcaster vividly highlighted that it was the veteran batter's first hundred in the format in 3 years.
In the post-match press conference, Rohit expressed his disappointment, suggesting the verdict doesn't paint the correct picture as he has played only a handful of ODI games in that period.
Now his national teammate R Ashwin has come in agreement and said that broadcasters should be responsible while showing facts to common followers of the game.
"Rohit Sharma raised a beautiful topic about broadcasters, saying that they should be responsible when it comes to putting out facts to the common people. I have spoken a lot about this perception, how it can formulate into an opinion.
If you keep on telling that there was a 3 year-gap, 4-year gap to the fans... fans, who are keen, and selectors and others who are part of the system, they know what's the truth. But if you look at a commoner's perspective, if you force such information on them, they would think 'yeah, he hasn't scored runs. So many new ones are scoring. Remove him'," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
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"That's why Rohit Sharma said the broadcasters should deal with such things more responsibly. In the 2019 World Cup, he scored one hundred after another. He was the player of the Tournament in the ODI World Cup. In the last 10-15 years, there's nothing to question Rohit Sharma's performance in limited-overs cricket.
In fact, he had scored 34 off 38. He took on the mantle, he started hitting the opposition bowlers. He reduced the pressure on his batting partners. Even when talking about that innings 'yet another failure for Rohit Sharma' was the talk in the show. It was surprising," Ashwin further said.
Rohit was not named in the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand and will now be seen in action in the four-Test series against Australia beginning February 9 in Nagpur.