Robin Uthappa continues to be critical of Virat Kohli: ‘His leadership style was more exclusive than inclusive’ | Cricket News

Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa has been critical of Virat Kohli’s captaincy. In his recent interview with Lallantop, he blamed Kohli for Yuvraj Singh’s abrupt career ending and also claimed that Kohli was the reason behind Ambati Rayudu getting axed from the 2019 World Cup squad. Since the statements made in the interview Uthappa has been criticised fans.
Despite the criticism, Uthappa stood his ground. “I feel like Virat’s leadership style was perhaps more exclusive than inclusive. You feel something else, no worries. This is my opinion, and you’re entitled to yours, and I respect yours, and you’ll respect mine. I will move on; that’s how it should be,” Uthappa said on his YouTube channel.
“I think we’re more and more living in a world where we’re less acceptable or less accepting of people’s opinions. And we should have a conversation about that. I don’t think it’s necessarily healthy to live in a world where just because you don’t agree with someone, youhave to cancel them or you have to spew hate and venom at them. There’s nothing wrong with somebody having their own opinion,” he added.
While India under the captaincy of Kohli had their fair share of troubles in white-ball cricket but did manage to reger memorable Test match victories both home and away. He has won 40 Test matches as captain for India which is more than anyone and on the contrary with him at the helm India was out in the group stages of the 2021 T20 World Cup in UAE, which is a rarity for the Men In Blue in modern times.
Uthappa also clarified that it was Kohli the captain he had issues against but not the batter. “I was speaking to a style of leadership rather than a person or a human being. I have always spoken highly about Virat as a player. I think he’s one of the greatest ODI batters in the world and I think I’ve said that on record if I if I can remember correctly that I think he’s one of the greatest white players to have ever played the game.”

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