Recently, India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma failed to save his team from a disastrous loss in the first ODI, but he didn’t left any stone unturned in the next two games to ensure Team India romped to their eighth straight series win with a 2-1 win against the visiting Lankans.
But, it was the second ODI, in which Sharma stole the show with his incredible performance. He played a blistering knock of 208* off 153 balls including 13 fours and 12 sixes.
It was the third double hundred of his career and he helped India to reach the mammoth total of 392 runs and eventually ensured a 141-run triumph for the hosts. Rohit’s heartfelt gesture towards his wife Ritika Sajdeh after notching up his double ton was the icing on the cake.
But, while everyone has been lauding the genius of Rohit, it was Sofia Hayat, Sharma’s ex-girlfriend, continued to scold the Indian cricketer with her recent comments. Speaking about Rohit’s recent double ton, she said: “I am happy that Rohit is gaining success. But wondering how people are discriminating things on gender. Rohit should understand it is just a ‘bat-ball’ game. Just that he is a man, so people are clapping.”
She further added, “No one went this crazy when Kanchanmala (Pande) won the Olympics with her disability. That was something more encouraging and should have been more praised as per my opinion. I would be celebrating something better or social cause, not on this for sure.”
On Rohit’s gesture towards his wife, Sofia claimed: “He (Rohit) has this old habit to credit his partner. When I was in his life, I used to be credited but I use to cry only when he played bad. I’m happy that he has finally found someone who is trying to make him move on from me”.
This isn’t the first time, Sofia has come against the Indian opener. Earlier this year, she posted an image on her Twitter account showing the option of blocking an account superimposed on the handle of the stand-in Indian skipper with the tweet, “So I had to block him in the end.”
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