Brendon McCullum, former New Zealand captain and current head coach of England’s Test team, heaped praise on Indian superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

McCullum was highly impressed with Rohit’s captaincy, saying the Indian skipper takes risks, and this quality helps him do wonders with Team India because they have plenty of talent in their ranks.

Rohit recently led the Men in Blue to the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, where they lost the final battle to Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad last month.

Brendon McCullum was quoted as saying by ANI: “Yeah. I like his captaincy (Rohit Sharma's captaincy). I think his captaincy is bold. He takes risks and he takes the game on. And when you add the talent base of India to these kinds of tactics, then he can achieve very good things. He has been a great leader for not just India but for Mumbai Indians over the years as well.”

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Meanwhile, Virat Kohli recently broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of most ODI centuries (49) and became the first cricketer to score more than 700 runs in a single edition of a Cricket World Cup.

Hailing Kohli, McCullum said that Virat was always touted as a future superstar, and he lived up to the expectations. He was not surprised by his achievments, saying he deserves everything he gets.

McCullum signed off by saying, “Well, obviously Virat, I know him pretty well from my time at RCB and also playing against him. So, look, he was always touted as a future superstar and he has lived up to, he has dealt with the hopes and the dreams of over a billion people and he has been able to perform on the big stage. He deserves every accolade that he gets.”

Notably, Rohit and Virat both will next be seen in action in the two-match Test series in South Africa.

(With ANI Inputs)