Rohit Sharma has led India from the entrance of their three unbeaten matches of the World Cup to spice up his cricket-mad nation’s hopes of successful the title at house. The Indian captain has already amassed 217 runs together with a file century in opposition to Afghanistan, displaying no indicators of the stress on his shoulders. Rohit succeeded celebrity Virat Kohli as white-ball captain in 2021 with the goal of securing the nationwide crew a 3rd World Cup and first worldwide title because the 2013 Champions Trophy. Australia nice Ricky Ponting lavished reward on Rohit for dealing with the stress of the job with ease.

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“Someone like Virat, who is a bit more heart-on-the-sleeve, and probably listens to the fans and plays up with the fans a little bit more, someone with his personality would probably find it a bit harder,” Ponting wrote in an International Cricket Council column on Tuesday.

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“But I think Rohit will be fine with it. He’s a terrific bloke and has been a great player for a long time, and he’s done a great job as leader of India.”

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Rohit, 36, has loved franchise success as a skipper with 5 IPL titles with the Mumbai Indians after which led India to the Asia Cup title final month in a key check of kind forward of the World Cup.

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That success would have helped ease a little bit of the ache suffered when, below his captaincy, India have been defeated within the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Australia final 12 months.

Rohit has by no means let expectations get to him and Ponting, as soon as his captain at Mumbai after which coach, mentioned the veteran batsman takes stress in his stride.

“He’s very laid back,” mentioned Ponting. “You can even see that by the way that he plays. He’s a pretty laconic sort of batsman as well, and that’s the way he is both on and off the field.”

Rohit, a gap batsman nicknamed “Hitman” for his capability to get massive scores rapidly, was out for a duck within the crew’s opening win in opposition to Australia, however was lauded for his captaincy strikes.

He quickly regained kind with 131 in opposition to Afghanistan as he surpassed compatriot Sachin Tendulkar with a file seventh World Cup century.

His ton in 63 balls was the quickest by an Indian in a World Cup to higher Kapil Dev‘s hundred in 72 balls in opposition to Zimbabwe in 1983.

Rohit took his kind to the hotly-anticipated conflict with arch-rivals Pakistan and smashed a match-winning 86 to thrash the opposition as India climbed to the highest of the 10-team World Cup desk.

In his profession, he has amassed 10,329 ODI runs together with 31 centuries in 254 matches since his debut in 2007.

Rohit, who was not chosen for India’s final World Cup triumph at house in 2011, mentioned he relishes the position of being chief.

“Nothing in life is impossible, you can make it possible if you have the belief,” Rohit mentioned.

“If you trust in it, if you have the will to go forward, it’s everyone’s dream firstly to be part of the team and then to captain the team is definitely the icing on the cake. I never thought I would be captain one day.”

“I also believe that good things happen to good people. I kept my head straight, kept working hard on my game. I am sitting here today with a wonderful opportunity to bring glory to this beautiful country.”

Rohit’s deputy within the World Cup, Hardik Pandya praised the chief for his capability to carry the very best out of gamers by his religion in them.

“Since he has come, he has backed a lot of boys and we see the result now as well with how the boys are going and expressing themselves,” all-rounder Pandya mentioned.

“So that’s why Rohit has been special in giving them enough opportunity and at the same time telling them that ‘you know what, I got your back’.”

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