VIDEO: Yuvraj said - Rohit should have made Test opener long ago, it's late

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On Rohit Sharma being selected as the opening batsman in the Test, Yuvraj Singh said, I think Rohit Sharma should have been given an opportunity in the opening much earlier in the Test.

The former all-rounder of India Yuvraj Singh has given a big statement about star batsman Rohit Sharma. In the Test series played against South Africa from October 2, Rohit Sharma will now take the field with a changed role. Rohit Sharma will play as an opener for India in Tests. When Rohit Sharma was selected as the opening batsman in the Test, Yuvraj Singh said, “I think Rohit Sharma should have been given an opportunity in the opening long before the Test.”

Yuvraj Singh said in a conversation with Sports, ‘Rohit Sharma got a chance in the opening of the Test too late. Rohit should have got an opening in Test matches long ago. The team management first introduced Rohit at number 6 and then did not give him a chance in the playing eleven for many matches. The team management also wasted a lot of time on Rohit in this affair. Let us know that earlier he used to play at number six in Tests. But now Hanuma Vihari has captured this number.

Rohit will be landed in the opening in place of KL Rahul. Rahul had to drop out of the Test team due to poor form. Yuvraj Singh has also given his opinion on Rohit Sharma being made the captain of T20. When Yuvraj Singh was asked whether Virat should be relieved of the captaincy of the T20 format, Rohit Sharma should be made the captain. On this, Yuvraj Singh said, ‘Rohit Sharma is a very good captain and has shown them in the IPL too. It is up to team management and captain Virat Kohli to decide if they are ready for this.

Apart from this, Yuvi instructed the team management that if you pressurize Rishabh, you will never be able to get him to do his best, of course, he has got some opportunities, but ultimately you will give him a chance, only then the results will come out. Yuvraj said that players like Dhoni are not made in one day, it takes years for this, now it is about a year to start the T20 World Cup, in such a time there is time left.