Bhubaneswar, Dec. 30 -- Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir slammed Team India's best batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma over taking regular breaks.

The former southpaw made a bold statement that the senior players of the team can't afford to take so many breaks at regular intervals.

"If Rohit and Kohli want to play in the upcoming ODI World Cup, they should stop taking breaks often," said Gambhir.

Both Kohli and Rohit took breaks from white ball cricket after the T20 World Cup and that does not seem to have gone down well with Gambhir.

"We need to identify the core. We have chopped and changed too much and never had a settled unit. More importantly, you can't keep taking breaks. The World is around the corner, and if you wanna play in ...