Yuvraj Singh's touching display of solidarity for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after loss to New Zealand

After the promising start, the Indian cricket team suffered a devastating 3-0 whitewash at the hands of New Zealand on home soil, setting unwanted records in the process. This setback was followed by the loss of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia for the first time in ten years. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struggled with form throughout the season. Yuvraj Singh expressed his camaraderie with the duo and head coach Gautam Gambhir, referring to them as his friends and brothers.

“These people have played much more cricket than I have. I can only give my opinion and that is that when players don't perform it is very easy to criticise them. Supporting them is difficult. Media's job is to say bad things about them, my job is to support my friends and my brothers. For me, they are my family. Simple,” said Yuvraj.

Yuvraj also said that the loss to New Zealand hurts more than their 3-1 defeat in Australia. “In my opinion the loss to New Zealand hurts more than this because that was at home. That was not acceptable. This is still acceptable because we have lost in Australia after winning there twice. Australia have been a dominant side for the last so many years,” he said.

‘Rohit Sharma is a great captain, win or lose’

Yuvraj said that he prefers to look at all the things India have achieved in the past five-six years and what Rohit won as a captain rather than just concentrate on this period. "I look at what India has achieved in the last five-six years. They have achieved two back-to-back victories in Australia. I don't remember if any other team has done that. We are saying bad things about our greats Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli. But people forget what they achieved in the past.

“They are among the greatest cricketers of their time. Yes they lost but they would be much more hurt by that than us. I am sure India will bounce back. I feel that Gautam Gambhir as coach, Ajit Agarkar as selector; Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah - they are the best minds in cricket right now. They have to decide what's the way for the future for Indian cricket. I am sure this will be discussed with the BCCI,” said Yuvraj.

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