Rohit Sharma has been at the receiving end

Fans have targeted him over fitness

However, he has taken such criticisms evenly

Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, India have been doing exceptionally well. Now, they have even reached the semifinal of the World Cup 2023. 

However, even though Sharma has done exceedingly well, he has had to face criticism and even lampooning. 

The Indian captain has been at the receiving end for quite some time now. He has been labelled ‘Vada Pav’, ‘lazy’ and has even been body shamed. 

Question : Where is Rohit ?
Answer. 👇 pic.twitter.com/CY5jrtlmnk

— 👑Che_ಕೃಷ್ಣ🇮🇳💛❤️ (@ChekrishnaCk) March 30, 2023

In fact, when he missed the captains’ photoshoot during IPL 2023, some wondered “if he had gone to eat Vada Pav”. 

When he was going through a lean patch, some even body-shamed him and asked him to relinquish captaincy and hand it over to someone else like Suryakumar Yadav. 

That fatty Rohit Sharma should step down from captaincy after this match hand over the keys to SKY and use this period to focus on his fitness if he really wants to win the ODI WC as captain bcoz a national team captain looking like this is embarrassing and unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/pOp7vmLN9n

— 🔑 (@J4EGOLDBERG) April 2, 2023

However, in spite of the receiving end, Sharma has been a gentleman, taking all the bitterness in his stride. 

Statistics suggest that he has dropped not more than 2 catches since 2019. 

You may even be surprised to know that after Shubman Gill, it is Rohit Sharma is the fittest cricketer in the team. 

So what makes us say that? 

Well, in the YoYo test held just before the Asia Cup, Rohit Sharma scored 18.6, better than Virat Kohli’s 17.6