Fans criticized Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for their historic series loss and asked the duo to retire

Angry Indian cricket fans lashed out at X after the team took its first revenge at home. India lost to Tom Latham’s New Zealand 0-3, marking a new low in Indian cricket history. A section of fans took to social media after the game and criticized Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for their poor performance with the bat on Sunday.

#Retire trended on X after Rohit and Kohli finished the series with 91 and 93 runs respectively after playing all three matches. The duo scored fifty each in the Test series, accounting for the majority of their 90 runs. Kohli and Rohit looked sad and had several brain-fading moments in the recently concluded series.

In fact, legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar felt that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were going through a terrible period of form. Speaking to Indian Express, Gavaskar said that the duo had a bad time and had no luck at all in the series. Gavaskar added that ideally the Indian duo would have undergone some match practice and preparation before the long Test season.

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Both Kohli and Rohit were out early in the second innings at the Wankhede as India chased 147 runs. After Rohit fell to Matt Henry, Kohli threw away his wicket to Ajaz Patel, who collected a total of 11 wickets in the game.

Fans were furious with the senior Indian duo and slammed them on social media.

The defeat left India in a precarious position in the race to the World Test Championship final. To directly qualify for the final of the World Test Championship, India needs to win at least 4 games and not lose a single match. If India loses even one game, they will have to rely on other results to reach the final.

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