“If It Had Been MS Dhoni…”: Sunil Gavaskar’s Intriguing Take On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy

Rohit Sharma is a captain who has led Mumbai Indians to five titles within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Yet, some really feel he does not get the type of credit score he deserves for his management. After uncapped pacer Akash Madhwal led MI to a vital victory over Luknow Super Giants within the Eliminator with a fifer, Rohit acquired loads of reward from the cricketing fraternity for permitting the younger pacer the chance to ship at this stage. But, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar does not really feel Rohit will get the type of credit score that Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni does.

“Of course, he’s underrated,” Gavaskar advised India Today, reflecting on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. “The man has received 5 titles for Mumbai Indians. Let me provide you with an instance. Maddhwal obtained Ayush Badoni, bowling over the wicket. He then went around the wicket to the left-hander Nicholas Pooran. Not a variety of bowlers essentially do this as a result of in the event that they get their rhythm going bowling over the wicket, they may stick with over the wicket even it is a left-hander. They will attempt to the ball away from the left-hander. But he went across the wicket and produced an absolute gem of a supply and obtained the person out.”

The cricketing spectrum has been hailing Dhoni for unleashing one other expertise within the type of Tushar Deshpande this yr. He has additionally been hailed for the resurgene of the likes of Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube this yr. Gavaskar, therefore, feels if it was Dhoni below whom Madhwal had given such a efficiency, the world would’ve been speaking in regards to the 41-year-old management at nice size. But, that is not the case with Rohit.

“If that had been CSK and Dhoni was the captain. Everybody would have mentioned ‘Dhoni plotted Nicholas Pooran’s dismissal. This is what occurs to a terrific extent. There can be a little bit little bit of hype, issues generally work out,” Gavaskar added.

“The captaincy scenario as effectively. Remember, Nehal Wadhera was used as an impression participant batting first. Teams usually do not use batters as Impact Player when they’re batting first. But Rohit used Nehwal when MI have been batting first towards LSG. So please give him credit score for that as effectively,” the batting legend additional mentioned.