How did it feel to succeed Virat Kohli as India captain? Rohit Sharma responds: “Good things happen…”

Rohit Sharma will have another chance to lead India to glory when the team steps into action in the 2024 T20 World Cup next month. Under Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket team qualified for the final of the ICC World Test Championship and the final of the ODI Cricket World Cup in 2023. India lost both title matches. Now, Rohit will be eyeing redemption in the shortest format. Ahead of the landmark event, Rohit Sharma participated in an interesting discussion where he discussed various aspects of his international career, including taking over the captaincy of the Indian cricket team from Virat Kohli.

“Give us an idea of ​​what it’s like to lead, succeeding someone who has Virat’s size and personality. It’s not an easy role to fill, a big place to fill,” the anchor asked Rohit on Eye of Dubai 103.8 Youtube channel.

“Captaining your country is the greatest honor you can have and for me I never thought this day would come where one day I will be captain. But yeah, I mean, people say good things happen to good people. I was very lucky to have this opportunity, you know. I knew the previous captains who had the impact on Indian cricket and the kind of legacy they left as well, we had so many great captains, so yeah, just building on where these guys left off doing. rest assured that the team is moving in the right direction,” Rohit said in an interaction on Dubai Eye 103.8’s YouTube channel.

He also spoke about his captaincy philosophy.

“You mentioned today that you know data plays a very important role in sport, just to analyze the opponent, just to analyze your own game as well, you know you can see your strength but there is a weakness that the opposition is also looking at. well this is how data is given, not just for your own benefit but for sporting countries to benefit and every sport played, data plays an important role.

“I mean, for me, when I took over, I just wanted everyone to drive in one direction, this is how team sport should be played, it’s not about a personal milestone, it’s not about one, two or three individuals, it’s about the that all 11 of us can bring to the table and that’s how you achieve the team goal, you can achieve personal goals, individual goals, by setting your individual goals, but I think when you want to achieve the team goal, which is to go and holding that big trophy, I think everyone needs to get that One Direction and that was my biggest challenge when I took over.”