Delhi: Former South African captain and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman AB de Villiers has strongly supported his old teammate Virat Kohli and former Team India captain Rohit Sharma. He has given a strong reply to those critics who are spreading negative things unnecessarily. He even said that when players are in the final stages of their career, some people come out of their holes like cockroaches.

right time to pay respect

AB de Villiers said on his YouTube channel, “I don’t understand why people do this. It is wrong to spread hatred against players who have given everything for their country and cricket. This is the time to respect them.” He stressed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have made huge contributions to Indian cricket, hence they should be appreciated instead of criticized. He expressed happiness that most people still respect the achievements of these two great players, and now is the right time to celebrate them.

Great comeback against Australia

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were being criticized a lot after their lackluster comeback in the opening matches of the ODI series against Australia. Kohli could not even open his account in the first two matches. However, Rohit picked up his pace in the second match and was the top scorer of Team India in the last two matches. In the last ODI match, Rohit played an unbeaten inning of 121 runs, while Kohli scored 74 runs. Both of them also made an important partnership of 168 runs for the third wicket, on the basis of which India defeated Australia by 9 wickets.