Ravichandran Ashwin commended Team India captain Rohit Sharma, describing his tactical skills and preparations along with the coaching staff and analysts for being important in leading the team during major series and tournaments. Rohit was recently instrumental in India’s victory at the T20 World Cup 2024 which took place in West Indies and USA remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament.
The 37-year-old has an incredible record as India’s captain across all formats of the game winning 93 out of 126 matches giving him a winning percentage of 73.80. In an interview on Vimal Kumar’s YouTube Channel Ashwin spoke about Rohit:
“If there is any big match or series coming up, Rohit sits with the analytics team and coach and prepares for it, like what’s the weakness of a particular batsman, what’s the plan of a bowler.”
”That’s his strength but he always keeps the environment of the team light and backs the players. If he selects a player in the XI, he backs them 100%. I have played most of my career with these three captains.”
He continued:
“2-3 things are nice about Rohit’s captaincy. He always keep the environment of the team light. He makes an effort to keep it light. And he stays very balanced and tactically he is strong. Both Dhoni and Virat were also tactically strong but Rohit works more on the tactics.”
Rohit Sharma retired from T20Is after the recent T20 World Cup but will continue to be India’s captain in both ODIs and Test matches with Suryakumar Yadav replacing him in T20 format. Apart from his remarkable international record as captain, Rohit has also led Mumbai Indians (MI) to all their five IPL titles.
“There are parallels between Rohit’s and Gauti bhai’s leadership styles”- Ravichandran Ashwin
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Ravichandran Ashwin considers that captain Rohit Sharma and the former head coach Gautam Gambhir share similar styles while being different persons. After the 2024 T20 World Cup, the former player took over from Rahul Dravid as India’s coach and made his international debut during their recent white-ball tour of Sri Lanka.
“Gauti bhai is very intense. There are similarities between Rohit and Gauti bhai’s leadership, but Rohit keeps it light. Gauti bhai is an intense person.”
”He (Gambhir) is very passionate about Indian cricket, just like Rahul (Dravid) bhai. Both are very passionate about Indian cricket, but we believe both are different. Yes, they have different personalities,” said Ashwin.
However, Gambhir’s coaching career with Team India commenced in a mixed way as they lost to Sri Lanka by 0-2 in ODIs after winning the T20I series 3-0. This will be Ashwin’s first match under Gambhir when India meets Bangladesh in a two-match Test series which starts on September 19.
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