Former India captain Virat Kohli's childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma, heaped praise on Team India’s newly-appointed all-format captain and remarked that the Mumbaikar has been fortunate to start off as captain with relatively easier assignments against the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Rajkumar Sharma said on India News: “Rohit is looking extremely cool. It is a very initial part of his captaincy and fortunately for him, he has got both slightly easier series.”
He added, “The blame game starts when the team loses. Then a lot of questions are raised about the mistakes the captain or coach made, the strategy was wrong - someone should have been sent at some other spot, or whether five or four bowlers should have been played in the XI. I pray that such a situation does not come and the way they are cruising, they continue doing that and win India the World Cup.”
Rohit Sharma and the Indian team management have begun developing a pool of players ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and the coach said that he is following the trend started by BCCI President and former captain Sourav Ganguly.
He further explained, “You are a good player, that is why you have reached there. So for a newcomer, a good dressing room environment is the most important. Rohit Sharma is carrying forward the practice that I feel started in Sourav Ganguly's time.”
Sharma concluded, “After that, MS Dhoni kept everyone comfortable. Virat was definitely a little aggressive but I feel he played an excellent role in defending his players. Even the opposition could not say anything to his players. He had a different role, he wanted to protect his players.”
(India News inputs)
