Last Updated: November 13, 2023, 15:40 IST
Rohit Sharma has been in very good type with the bat as properly. (AP Photo)
Rohit Sharma is aiming to change into the third India captain to win an ODI World Cup trophy.
Gautam Gambhir has lavished reward on the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, crediting him for instilling a way of safety contained in the Indian dressing room.
Rohit-led India have entered the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 unbeaten, profitable all their 9 matches and will subsequent tackle New Zealand for a spot within the remaining.
Gambhir, who received the ODI World Cup in 2011, says that not rather a lot has modified between the 2019 and 2023 world cup barring the arrogance that Rohit has displayed publicly in his participant.
“Look, there is nothing which has changed from 2019 to 2023. There were so many changes that happened in 2019 as compared to the least amount of changes that has happened in 2023,” Gambhir mentioned on Star Sports.
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“A good captain and leader give you security, which makes the dressing room secure, not only for himself but for the other 14 players as well. And Rohit Sharma has done that. That’s why he has won five IPL trophies; that’s where his winning ratio when he started playing all those international games has been fabulous,” he added.
Gambhir says whereas Rohit has confirmed his management expertise by profitable loads of trophies as captain however the influence he has had on the dressing room is extra necessary.
“If you go by the stats and the trophies, he (Rohit) ticks all the boxes,” Gambhir mentioned. “But the most important thing is he has made that dressing room a very secure dressing room. When the captain comes out and talks in his post-match presentation that he believes in his players and gives them longer runs, it makes you believe how much your captain is backing you. And that is the difference between Rohit Sharma as a leader, compared to some other captains that have captained previously for India.”
In his world cup as India captain, Rohit guided India to the semis of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Earlier this yr, he captained them within the remaining of the ICC World Test Championship in England the place India completed because the runners-up.
He’s now aiming to change into the third Indian to win an ODI World Cup as captain after Kapil Dev (1983) and MS Dhoni (2011).