Former England cricketer Nasser Hussain on Tuesday mentioned that generally folks confuse the India skipper Rohit Sharma as a “laidback” participant. The 36-year-old had a stupendous collection towards England, he scored 400 runs after taking part in all 5 matches at a strike charge of 64.21. The India skipper additionally slammed 2 centuries towards the travelling aspect. While chatting with Sky Sports, Nasser mentioned that Rohit has a variety of “skill, and brilliance” along with his batting. Talking in regards to the just lately concluded five-match Test collection between India and England, the 55-year-old mentioned that Rohit had a fantastic collection as a skipper.

“I think sometimes people confuse Rohit as a laidback cricketer who just lets the game drift. There is a lot of skill, thought, and brilliance about his batting. And I thought he had an excellent series as captain. He himself said in the press conference that he has had to learn and adapt his own style of captaincy at times,” Nasser mentioned to Sky Sports.

The former England cricketer requested the followers to not confuse between Rohit and Virat Kohli’s captaincy.

“Don’t confuse (Rohit with Virat’s captaincy) because he has come off the back of Virat Kohli. In your face, aggressive captain. In the huddle at Lord’s, saying let’s unleash hell on the England batting lineup. Rohit is not quite the same sort of person. He has that fire burning within,” he added.

England misplaced their fourth consecutive match within the collection, unable to capitalise on their early 1-0 benefit following a slim victory in Hyderabad. The guests had their possibilities, notably in Rajkot and Ranchi, however India got here again robust on each events to win.

India defeated England by 4-1 within the five-match Test collection. In the fifth and closing match, the hosts sealed a large win by an innings and 64 runs over the English aspect.

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