Indian cricket staff legend Sunil Gavaskar was all reward for Rohit Sharma after the veteran batter slammed an excellent century to information his staff to victory over Afghanistan within the Cricket World Cup 2023 on Wednesday. Rohit failed to attain massive in opposition to Australia within the match opener however the India skipper was in tremendous type in opposition to Afghanistan as he went on to attain 131 off 84 deliveries. Gavaskar identified that Rohit has missed out on quite a few centuries within the latest previous and it was primarily all the way down to his aggressive demeanor that’s helpful for the staff. However, forward of the essential conflict in opposition to Pakistan, a dominant century will do a world of fine for the Indian cricket staff star.

“I’m very happy that he got a hundred because he missed out on a lot of hundreds. With him, he is a risk taker. And therefore sometimes, what happens is, in the 60s, 70s – look at the number of times – where he got the team off to a flying start with half-centuries. But he wants to carry on in the same way because it benefits the team. For example, today, you get that (run rate of) 8 runs per over,” Gavaskar advised Star Sports.

“The strike rate, it helps your net run rate. Who knows what’s gonna happen? After another 5-6 matches. You might need those decimal points to qualify. So clearly, he might have missed out on a few hundred, but he entertained all of us. And today was another special occasion. Some of the sixes that he hit, are just unbelievable,” the legendary batter continued.

Gavaskar additionally namedropped Virender Sehwag when praising Rohit Sharma and drew a comparability between the 2 openers in the way in which they method their innings.

“Every century of his is a delight to watch. Because there is that ease with which he seems to be caressing the ball when he is hitting the ball along the ground. Very few batters have the ability to pull, off the front foot that he does. The same thing with Virender Sehwag, Viru was also similar. Opening batter, goes bang-bang and scores 60s-70s, 80s,” he defined.

“And look, we as cricket fans, lovers of batting, want them to carry on. So when they don’t. Then we sometimes get very upset. Like what kind of shot you have played. But they still score 60,70,80s. But we want them to go on and score a hundred. Happy that after January, he has got a hundred. Because this is what India needs, India needs a start from their skipper. The kind of flying start that is given, because that propels a team to a big score,” Gavaskar concluded.