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India’s best captain? What does the weather have in store for Rohit Sharma?
It seems like a year or two ago, India’s greatest captain, MS An interviewer asks Harsha Bhogle if he is not Dhoni.
Bhogle replied that it is not possible to single out one person as the best. In every era, there have been situations which have called for changes for Indian cricket. When Harsha Bhogle says that India has had great captains in every era who have made game changing decisions and led the team in such situations we can see how true this is from the way some Indian captains have led.
The ’83 World Cup was just a holiday tour for many players who believed that winning against bigger teams ten times their talent was a coup.
But awarded for instilling the courage to conquer any giant with 100% dedication and self-confidence. Kapil Dev he was the captain of Maybe Something Only He Can Do. When Kapil Dev stepped up and led, revolutionary changes were taking place in Indian cricket.
The corruption scandal that came after the time cricket was booming in India but there was no major change as a team set cricket back in a big way. This is when India needs a strong hero who is not tainted with corruption to save us from this DadaThe inauguration of
Dada accomplished the task of lifting Indian cricket from the dark ages in a way that no one else could with his excellent captaincy.
Again, what India who are strong in world cricket needed were world titles. The best cricket brain has come to the task for this Mahendra Singh Dhoniand in India won 3 World Cups when Captain Cool Dhoni led from the front with weapons cooked in Dada fire.
Although he finished first in limited over cricket, Kalam was tasked with changing the bad name of ‘Tigers at Home and Mice Abroad’ to Test cricket. Virat Kohli He was the most aggressive captain. Who else but Kohli who is a fitness fanatic understands that if you want to fight without surrender in five day cricket then you must have good physical fitness along with talent.
Kohli has once again dusted off the long-forgotten five bowler strategy. As the pace bowlers regained their long lost space in the Indian team and instilled confidence in them, the next victories started coming in the Sena countries.
Captain Virat Kohli has been credited with revolutionizing Test cricket in a way where players who used to display underdog body language on overseas green fields are now giving hell to their opponents on the same fields.
Today the baton of the captaincy is in the hands of Rohit Sharma. What will be the mission assigned to him? Will he become the only captain to lead the double-sided tally or is it possible to become the captain after Dhoni brings the ICC title to India?
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