Former member of the Indian men’s cricket team selection committee as well as former cricketer, Salil Ankola has opened up on rumours of a rift between captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir. Ankola played down the reports and doubts, saying that the media “come up with their own stories.”

During an interaction with IANS, he said: “I am not a part of the Indian team selection committee now, but I don’t think that’s the case. If it was the case, it would have been internally sorted out. There is always hue and cry once Indian cricket team doesn’t do well. But this, it might be blown out of proportion. Most of these guys have played together when Gautam was there, like Virat and Rohit have played with him, or even Surya has played little bit with him. Rest of the team is young.”

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“Let’s wait and watch what exactly the whole thing is – there’s a lot of chatter going on about, like Rohit not playing or this and that guy should be dropped. Every other paper comes out with a different story, and even the Australian media is not helping us too much. They come up with their own stories, which has always been the case. With Australian media, it’s always at its worst, whether it is against India, England, or any other team.”