We all love a bit of drama, don't we?

You can't blame us as cricket fans to get sucked right into it as well.

Headlines like:

Surround social media, news outlets, cricket blogs and every platform you can imagine.

We fall prey to these clickbaity headlines that satisfy our need for gossip. Any access or "inside reports" from the dressing room work like music to our ears.

After all, even we should have the right to know what happens in the backend, right?

Wrong.

Like any other team sport, Cricket has a lot of politics and drama. But most of it stays in the dressing/board room. We will never know how these two legends genuinely feel about each other. Assuming public figures are nothing but a portrayal of an image or a character. While the nature of this character is true to them, it is also a mirage that they have to portray.

To maintain dressing room sensitivity, public likeability, political correctness, diplomacy and the many other skills you need to have barring meeting the cricketing expectations of a billion-plus people.

They say what they should say or what we should hear. Not necessarily what they truly feel.

As a die-hard fan of Virat Kohli, I genuinely feel his captaincy should be questioned, and if required, it should pave the way for someone more deserving. He's had multiple opportunities to bring silverware, such as the 2017 Champions Trophy, 2019 World Cup, 2021 WTC, and 2021 T20 World Cup. In a cruel sport like Cricket, these are more than enough opportunities, and maybe the decision is for the best. Only time will tell.

However, I do feel how it was done wasn't right. BCCI could argue that Virat announced his resignation from the T20 captaincy two days after BCCI dismissed such rumours, so maybe this is a lesson? Maybe there is no issue with Rohit and Virat, and this is all an issue with selectors, board members, and more prominent decision-makers? I guess we'll never know.

The Rohit-Virat rivalry goes way back to their younger days. I don't want to get into it, to be honest. It's not why I'm writing this article.

There is a 3 part series explaining all these details below by one of my favourite cricket channels, I highly recommend you watch this, and you have your judgement to decide what you feel is right and what isn't:

What do I know?

I know that Rohit Sharma has always delivered when given the opportunity.

I also know that since 2009 Virat Kohli hasn't missed more than a couple of games due to injury, and Rohit Sharma has been injured arguably for 30% of his career.

I know that they are, without a doubt, the two best batters of their generation, contributing 4906 runs while batting together. I was fortunate to watch them bat together in Manchester during the India vs Pakistan 2019 World Cup group game.

These are the memories I want to remember. Their combined partnerships and their ability to destroy oppositions. That's all that matters.

These are the images to remember, no matter which side you're on—nothing more, nothing less.

Who is the best man for this job? I don't know.

What does this mean for Virat's ODI career and Rohit's test career? I don't know.

Who is right, and who is wrong? I don't know.

I know they should be batting together regularly, not for anything else but Cricket.

Until then, good luck to both in their respective journies because Indian Cricket needs them.