New Delhi, April 22 -- Former BCCI selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth had to apologise to Rohit Sharma, the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian cricketer had revealed recently. Srikkanth served as the BCCI Chief Selector from September 2008 to September 2012. During his tenure, the Indian team lifted the 2011 ODI World Cup, after a long wait of 28 years at n Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.

Having made his India debut in 2007, Rohit had established himself as one of the pillars in the Indian ODI batting lineup in the middle order. Till the 2011 ODI World Cup, Rohit had played 61 ODIs for India, scoring 1248 runs, including two hundreds. Despite his experience, Rohit was snubbed from the World Cup squad, for which Srikkanth apologized to the right han...