After being appointed India’s new white-ball skipper, Rohit Sharma opened up on how he will go about his business as a leader of the pack.
Rohit took over the reins from Virat Kohli as the new ODI captain as the selectors didn’t want two different captains for the limited-overs formats. His stint as full-time ODI captain will begin with the series against South Africa next month.
In an interview with bcci.tv, Rohit expressed his desire to create a “strong bond” among players and he expects head coach Rahul Dravid to play a key role in it.
Sharma also wants his team to ignore the outside noise as what would matter in long run is what the players think of each other.
“We want to create a strong bond between players and that will help us in achieving the goal we want and yeah, Rahul bhai obviously, is going to help us in doing that. So we look forward to that,” Rohit told bcci.tv.
“When you play for India, there will be pressure. Lot of people will talk a lot of things, positive, negative, for me personally, as a cricketer, it’s important for me to focus on my job and not what others are talking about. You can’t control that,” he said.
Just like the past Indian captains, Rohit’s mantra will only be to 'control the controllable'.
“I have kept on saying this and I will say this a million times, the message is to team as well, team understands that when we play a high profile tourney, there will be lot of talks but what is important for us is to focus what we have in hand.
“That is to win games and play the way you are known to play. I think those talk that happen outside are immaterial, what is important is what we think of each other, what I think of y or z, that is a important,” he added.
