Veteran India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said that the current India team is way too dependent on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, where the lower order hardly contributes with the bat when the top order gets out early.

Harbhajan Singh said in an Instagram live session with Rohit, "There are very good players for sure, but there's no belief that if Virat and Rohit get out… 70% of the matches get out of our hands when that happens, it's very rare for someone to come in lower down the order and win the game for us. But our team had that belief, that Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh) will score the runs, if he doesn't, Rahul Dravid will do it, someone or other will do it, there was that trust on each other.”

He further added, "I don't know… in this team, in matches where you (Sharma) or Virat have not scored runs, or there hasn't been a partnership upfront, say you and Shikhar, so if three wickets fall at the start, the match is out of our hands. That's one thing I think this team can improve on."

He also added that the batsmen should play with the same kind of freedom when they play during the IPL which will help them as well. He also said that there are several players who do well in IPL but not in international cricket and the veteran thinks this can be the pressure that restricts their natural games in the big stage.

He further gave examples too where he said that those players are hitting some quality bowlers during the IPL like Trent Boult plays, Tim Southee, Dale Steyn etc. and they have been doing well too but they failed to keep up the pace while facing them in the international level.

However, he thinks alongside the pressure of international cricket, the reason can be that they are scared of losing their places in the squad. That's why they can't play their natural games. He said that if the players get ten games to settle down, it would be helpful for them.

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