Former Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez had a weird opinion on India captain Rohit Sharma, saying that the opener looked scared and confused during the Asia Cup 2022 match against Hong Kong on August 31, and captaincy is taking its toll on the batter.
India defeated Hong Kong by 40 runs to secure a place in the Super 4s stage of the ongoing Asia Cup, while Pakistan would need to beat Hong Kong on September 2 in order to qualify given that they lost to India in their group match earlier.
The win, incidentally, was Rohit’s 31st as skipper in T20Is and he became the second most successful captain for India in the format behind MS Dhoni.
But Mohammad Hafeez didn’t look impressed with Sharma’s body language and in a video, he shared on Twitter, said that the 35-year-old had very weak body language and looked scared and confused. He also felt that the captaincy was adding a lot of pressure to Sharma and he was facing problems.
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"Look at his expression. This was after the match was over, India won by 40 runs. I am talking about the body language when Rohit Sharma walked out for the toss. I thought it was a very weak body language. He looked scared and confused. From what I have observed during the match, captaincy is adding a lot of pressure to Rohit Sharma. He is facing a lot of problems. IPL did not go well for him and after IPL, he hasn't been able to regain the flow in international cricket,” Hafeez can be heard saying.
"Also, the pressure of leading India. He has been saying a lot of things about brand of cricket, we will play positively... this and that, but it's not reflecting in the way the team is playing. It's not reflecting by his own body language. It's easy to talk but to do it and show it on the field is difficult.
He won't continue as captain for long. His form and all things that are going on with him, from what I can see... I was also a captain, so if you are under pressure when leading the side. I have seen Rohit on a lot of occasions, he enjoys himself but now he is not expressing himself. A lot of things are going on in his mind, he is under pressure and I feel sorry for him," said Hafeez.
Here is the video:
