Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistani batter, has landed on the receiving end of netizens’ flak for his recent observations. The cricketer famously known as “Professor” openly expressed his stance on Rohit Sharma and his captaincy after recent India Vs Pakistan clash. And according to his analysis, Rohit Sharma isn’t going to continue as the skipper for long. As explained by him only, Hafeez has picked this fact up noticing Sharma’s onfield expressions. Yes, you read it right.
Hafeez, in his statement, said, “I would like to speak about Rohit Sharma before Virat Kohli. If you look at the expression of Rohit Sharma after the match got over (vs Hong Kong) and that is when his team won by 40 runs.”
“Rohit Sharma’s body language when he came for the toss was weak. I thought he was worried, confused. I couldn’t see that Rohit Sharma whom I have observed during matches and have gone on to play some brilliant knocks,” Hafeez added.
Not stopping there, he presented a detailed analysis of why he thinks Rohit’s captaincy won’t sustain long. “I think captaincy is putting a lot of pressure on him and he is facing a tough time at the moment. One is his form which is declining since IPL and his flow has not come back on his return to international cricket in this format.”
“Plus pressure of captaining India and he is saying a lot of things like brand of cricket and we will play positively and this and that but not reflecting by the team, not reflecting by his own body language. It is easier to speak but to walk the talk is completely different. I think it will be tough for Rohit to continue as captain in the future. Don’t think he can be the captain for too long…I have always seen Rohit enjoying himself. Right now, he is not enjoying himself.”
Netizens retort to Mohammad Hafeez
His expressions should be the last thing to be bothered about. And as far as pressure is concerned, he's won world's best league IPL 5 times as captain, twice with the margin of just 1 run. So he knows how to handle the pressure – very very well.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 1, 2022
However, social-media users and cricket enthusiasts were quick to denounce Hafeez for his analysis. “His expressions should be the last thing to be bothered about. And as far as pressure is concerned, he’s won world’s best league IPL 5 times as captain, twice with the margin of just 1 run. So he knows how to handle the pressure – very very well,” wrote Mufaddal Vohra, who gives cricket updates and enjoys over 300k followers on the bird app.
Whoever followed Rohit closely, he doesn't give much in the field as a captain, gives mostly his opinions to players after the game especially things which went wrong, Rohit was unhappy the way Ind bowled in last phases, he knows the improvement needed, not celebration. 🤝
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 1, 2022
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Seriously, In which cricket book is it written to judge someone's captaincy by expression?. With this body language and expression Rohit Sharma has won 5 IPL titles, 1 Asia Cup, so many series. Won 31/37 matches which is the best win percentage in the history of T20Is.
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) September 1, 2022
“Can you please tell his batting average? After captaincy,” retorted the other. India is already in the top 4 of the championship while Pakistan will soon face Hong Kong to seek a place in the further stage. Here are some other reactions to the Professor’s analysis.
