Former player Sourav Ganguly recently spoke about Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. Rohit was given the leadership role in T20Is after Virat Kohli stepped down from the post. Rohit was told to lead the one-day side after Virat was sacked.
The national selectors and the Board of Control for Cricket in India were looking for one skipper in white-ball cricket. Kohli wanted to continue as a captain in the fifty-over and Test formats.
The veteran decided to quit Test captaincy after losing the series in South Africa. Rohit became Team India’s full-time skipper across formats.
Ganguly, who was the President of the BCCI then, told Sharma to take the command. However, the Mumbai-based player refused to accept the direction. Sourav threatened to announce his name publicly and Rohit had no choice but to say yes.
“Rohit doesn’t wanted the captaincy because there was a lot of pressure on playing all formats. It had come on a stage and told him that if he doesn’t say yes, I will announce his name. I am happy that he listened to me and is now leading from the front. You guys can check the results,” he told Kolkata TV.
After failing to lead the Indian team to success in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia and the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup against England, Rohit is finally enjoying success in the ICC tournament.
India are unbeaten after 8 games in the ICC World Cup 2023 and will taken on New Zealand in the first semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium on November 15.