Former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel has lauded Rohit Sharma’s captaincy as he also compared his style of captaincy with MS Dhoni. Parthiv Patel played under both of them. While he made his IPL debut under Dhoni’s captaincy in Chennai Super Kings in 2008, he was also part of Mumbai Indians trophy-winning campaigns in 2015 and 2017.
Rohit Sharma was appointed India’s white-ball captain in December last year. Notable that since the exit from T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma captained India in 7 white-ball games and India won all of them. However, he missed out on the tour of South Africa where the team was whitewashed in the ODI series.
“We see stability in the team under Rohit Sharma”- Parthiv Patel
Speaking to Cricbuzz, Parthiv Patel said that there is more under his captaincy as players have been given security and clarity over their roles. Parthiv also tried to read between the lines from the press conferences of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. As he stated that they would give players to express themselves.
“Obviously, we see stability in him (Rohit). I’ve played under Dhoni and Rohit for CSK and MI respectively. India have to shorten the pool and give security to some players. If a player gets some backing, he can perform better… and Rohit offers you that.
“Dhoni also provided you with the same thing. Chennai have fared well in the IPL because they don’t like to change their players that often. Mumbai also have a similar formula,” Parthiv spoke to Cricbuzz.
“We’ve seen in the last two-three press conferences from Rohit and Dravid. They want to give security and clarity to players and help them express themselves. Rohit has these qualities as a captain,” he further added.
In the first match of the T20I series, Rohit led from the front as he scored a quickfire of 19-ball 40 as India was chasing the target of 158. Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer also played quick cameos to take the team home.
Earlier Ravi Bishnoi was handed an international debut and he returned with figures of 2/17 in his 4 overs. He was also adjudged ‘Player of the Match’.