Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, the new captain of India’s limited overs team, said that Virat Kohli led the team from the front for five years and he played under the captaincy of this star batsman. took. In a conversation with ‘BCCI TV’, Rohit said that the team thoroughly enjoyed playing under Kohli’s captaincy. Kohli left the captaincy of the T20 team after the T20 World Cup and was later replaced by Rohit as the captain of the ODI team.
Rohit said on the sidelines of the Indian Test team’s practice session before the South Africa tour, “He led the team from the front for five years. We used to go out with the intention of winning every match and that was the message given to the entire team.” “We thoroughly enjoyed playing under his captaincy. I played a lot of cricket under his captaincy and enjoyed every moment. I will continue to take it further.” Despite being full of stars, the Indian team has not won an ICC title since 2013. Rohit said that he understands the challenges and will try to fill the gap.
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“We have to work on many things. We won the last ICC trophy in 2013 but since then our performance has not been bad. We have done well as a team and will try to make up for the slightest gap. International cricket is challenging and it happens.” “There are many World Cups to be held in India and the team will try to do well in front of their spectators. Our focus is on winning the title but for that we have to follow the process as a unit.”
Rohit said, “How you face tough challenges is important. In the past also we have faced such challenges and could not overcome them. We have to perform consistently as a team.” The first task for him would be to make sure that every player in the team knows his role. He said, “Whenever I got a chance to captain the Indian team, I have tried to communicate clearly with the players. It is also important for the coach and the captain. I will try to explain to the players why they have been selected in the team and what is their role. He said about coach Rahul Dravid, “Having fun with Rahul bhai. We have seen how he used to play tough cricket. There is also an atmosphere of leisure which is also necessary. (agency)