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Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed created a furor by calling India’s world cup successful captain Rohit Sharma ‘fats’ on social media earlier than deleting the submit.
Rohit Sharma is at the moment in Dubai for the Champions Trophy 2025. (AP Photograph)
Congress’ spokesperson Shama Mohamed is in soup following her controversial feedback on India males’s cricket group captain Rohit Sharma. Shama, in a now deleted submit on X, had termed the world cup winner as ‘fats’, advising him to drop some pounds in addition to calling him “probably the most unimpressive Captain India” ever had.
“@ImRo45 is fats for a sportsman! Have to drop some pounds! And naturally probably the most unimpressive Captain India has ever had!” Shama wrote on X.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has slammed Shama for her remarks, calling them unlucky particularly at a time when Rohit is ready to captain India towards Australia within the semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Tuesday.
“It’s very unlucky that this type of comment for our captain (Indian cricket group captain Rohit Sharma) has come from an individual who’s on a accountable submit, particularly at a time when Workforce India is taking part in an ICC event and the group is all set to play the semi-final match,” Saikia instructed information company ANI.
Rohit is extensively acknowledged as one of many best India captains who was on the helm when the group grew to become the champions on the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Following Shama’s remarks, BJP has blasted Congress.
“Those that have misplaced 90 elections underneath the captaincy of Rahul Gandhi are calling the captaincy of Rohit Sharma unimpressive! I assume 6 geese in Delhi and 90 election losses is spectacular however successful the T20 World Cup isn’t! Rohit has an excellent monitor document as captain by the way in which!” mentioned BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla.
Rohit, 37, is at the moment in Dubai the place he’s main India within the Champions Trophy.
India entered the semifinals of the ICC event after successful all three of their Group A matches that noticed them outclassing Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand.
Having topped their group, India – the one group to win all their group matches – will subsequent face Australia for a spot within the closing.