Rohit Sharma has shown to the world that he is as brilliant a captain as he is a batsman. He took over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians midway into the 2013 season of the IPL and led them to their first title victory. Since then he has added four more IPL trophies under his belt.

Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan, who has played under two of the greatest Indian captains, Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni, believes that Rohit Sharma is a mixture of the two. He took the example of Sharma picking spinner Jayant Yadav in the final of IPL 2020 and using him against the opener Shikhar Dhawan.

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Pathan said, "The way he used Yadav showed his class. Any captain would have gone with a seamer. Rohit used his instinct. It showed how clear was his thinking. It showed that he’s a bowlers’ captain."

"He is a mixture of Dhoni and Ganguly. Ganguly trusted his bowlers and went by it. Dhoni trusted his bowlers but always took decisions with an instinct," he added.

The 36-year-old also analyzed Rohit's captaincy in IPL 2020 and praised his use of Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard whenever the situation demanded.

The southpaw said, "One of the games was getting close, so he used Bumrah in the 17th over, though he usually uses Bumrah in the 18th. Bumrah brought the game back in MI’s favour."

"Look at the way he used Pollard, he didn’t make him bowl initially but when wicket had double pace he used Pollard,” Pathan added.

(With inputs from India Today)