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Recently, a tweet about Rohit Sharma's physique went viral, suggesting that he may not fit the conventional image of a professional athlete. The author of the tweet later clarified that the comment was intended to highlight fitness standards rather than to body shame, the tweet got deleted later but attracted a lot of attention.
Rohit Sharma is a proud Indian cricketer and a National cricket team captain in ODI and Test formats. He never disappointed the team when it comes to performance as he placed many records to his name and team. He has been playing cricket since 2007 for around 18 years now. During his career, he has faced body shaming multiple times because of appearance and some injuries.
Rohit Sharma has been in the spotlight due to comments regarding his physical appearance and fitness. He has faced many injuries during his cricket career such as during IPL his left hamstring injury and other incidents where he had to leave the game due to injuries. On the other occasion, a former South African cricketer Daryll Cullynan also shared his thoughts on the player's fitness comparing him to Virat saying that he is a little over-weight as compare to other cricketers. These are the reasons because of which Rohit Sharma is facing body shaming comments from different people.
The recent tweet about Rohit Sharma's physique ignited a broader conversation about the standards of body image in cricket and the importance of respecting athletes. Many well-known personalities like Sunil Gavasker, Vanketesh Prasad and Harbhajan Singh came to rescue and defended Rohit Sharma's physical fitness, one said the physical fitness should not be judged by just appearance and other called Body Shaming pathetic.
Rohit Sharma is always being under various assessments of BCCI regarding fitness specially after his injuries. The metrics include his batting, running between the wickets and fielding.
Considering Rohit Sharma's career and achievements, he does not deserve such treatment. He has done more than a lot could have, the records he has placed are numerous and he is widely known for them. If he was not fit medically and physically how would he have achieved this much in his career?
Cricket is a game full of enthusiasm, a lot of players face injuries. Rohit Sharma on the other hand had some serious injuries from which he recovered soon and got back in form but they put him in the spotlight. As a captain of Indian Cricket Team and a player under the assessment of the great BCCI, no one is supposed to question his physical fitness or appearance. Its direct insult to the team and board. Many of the cricketers supported their man against the hateful comments. Despite all these comments, Rohit Sharma is always training hard and giving his best to perform well, and the results are known.
