As the highly anticipated ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 commences, Team India finds it’s yearning to put an end to their prolonged and agonizing wait for an ICC title. It has been a decade since the Men in Blue last won an ICC trophy having triumphed in the ODI World Cup in 2011 and an ICC title in 2013.
Right-handed aggressive opener Rohit Sharma has been entrusted the captaincy of the Indian team for the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023. Rohit has candidly shared his thoughts on his captaincy journey. He also acknowledged the rightful precedence of captains like Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni before him.
“Obviously, you want to be at your peak for this, say when you are 26-27. But you cannot always get what you want. You are talking about the Indian captaincy and there have been stalwarts in the Indian team. Many more players deserved to be the captain of the team. I had to wait for my turn and that is absolutely fair enough. The guys before, Virat was before me, so was MS Dhoni,” said Rohit during an interview.
“Just look at the names that are missed out- Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag … these are all stalwarts of Indian cricket. Not to forget Yuvraj Singh. He never captained India. Yuvraj has been such a great match-winner for India. He should have been the captain at some stage but he didn’t get it. That is life. I got it now and I am grateful for it. I would rather have it when I know how to captain a team, when I know what is required and all. Rather than when I don’t know the ABCD of captaincy. So in that respect, this is good,” he added.