Nasser Hussain becomes fan of Rohit Sharma's prowess ahead of T20 World Cup final, says: 'Do not mess around, but...'

According to Hussain, Rohit kept the hopes live and transformed the mindset of a Indian squad which suffered aggregate heartbreaks successful the knockout stages of ICC tournaments for implicit a decennary now.

Hussain opines Rohit has the cleanable equilibrium of caution and aggression, successful examination to his predecessor Virat Kohli.

"I person been a instrumentality of Rohit for a precise agelong time, arsenic a batter, arsenic a captain, and arsenic a person. He seems to person a precise calming influence. Whereas you had different captains, possibly similar Virat, who wore their hearts connected their sleeves, and they are incredibly passionate," HT quoted Hussain arsenic saying connected Star Sports.

Often referred to a subordinate for backing his teammates, Rohit has been lauded for creating a steadfast ambiance successful the Indian dressing room. However, helium hasn't shied distant from giving them a mouthful connected the cricket field.

Hussain noted that Rohit's bonding with the inferior cricketers proves however bully an ambiance helium has created successful the changing room. "Rohit is similar that robust fist successful a velvet glove. You bash not messiness astir with Rohit, but helium is besides a large member who volition enactment his limb astir you and look aft you," helium added.

Rohit and World Cup tournaments:

Rohit took implicit the captaincy from Virat aft India were knocked retired from the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022. In the ODI World Cup 2023,Rohit was assertive with his bat and cunning with his captaincy. Despite India losing the finals to Australia, Rohit scored 597 runs—the 2nd astir aft Kohli—in ICC World Cup tournaments.

In the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit is the 3rd starring people getter arsenic helium smashed 248 runs successful 7 matches astatine a onslaught complaint of 159.97. He besides scored 3 fractional centuries successful the tournament, with 15 sixes to his name.

Not lone this, but helium is the archetypal cricketer to deed implicit 200 sixes successful T20 World Cup tournaments. Rohit became the 5th Indian skipper to implicit 5,000 runs successful planetary cricket. He smashed 5,013 runs from 122 matches arsenic the person of the Men In Blue and present has implicit 19,000 runs crossed formats.

In the Super 8 lucifer against Australia, Rohit blistered 94 disconnected 41 balls portion scoring 57 disconnected 39 balls against England successful the 2nd semi-final astatine Guyana.

The 'Hitman' Rohit's attack has led India to play the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 last with South Africa successful Barbados connected 29 June. India expects to extremity 11-year drought of not winning an ICC trophy arsenic Rohit and co takes complaint successful a mates of hours.

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Published: 29 Jun 2024, 07:11 PM IST