Rohit Sharma is set to captain the Indian cricket team for the second consecutive T20 World Cup during the 2024 edition of the tournament in the USA and the Caribbean. The 37-year-old didn’t have the best of the T20 World Cup 2022 individually or in the captaincy role, which led to India bowing out of the tournament after a semi-final defeat against England.
Although Rohit Sharma was unable to help India win the T20 World Cup two years ago, he had brought about a few vital changes in the T20I squad after assuming the captaincy role. In this article, SportsTiger looks at three best captaincy decisions that Rohit Sharma has made in T20Is ahead of the all-important T20 World Cup 2024 campaign for India.
Bringing youngsters into the Indian setup after T20 WC 2021 group stage exit
After taking over the T20I captaincy from Virat Kohli in the aftermath of India exiting from the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2021, Rohit Sharma hit the ground running with a few key personnel changes in the squad. He brought the likes of Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan to add depth to the Indian fast bowling ranks, and two of those cricketers are currently on the trip to the USA and the Caribbean to play in the T20 World Cup 2024
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Focus on solving the sixth bowler issue in the Indian T20I side
One of the key issues in the Indian T20I setup is the availability of a genuine sixth bowling option, which has been quite costly for them in world tournaments. During his captaincy tenure, Rohit Sharma introduced the all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer before bringing back Shivam Dube to the T20I squad of India, while playing a big role in ensuring that Hardik Pandya got the added responsibility of the vice-captaincy role, along with keeping both Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel in and around the national setup.
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Allowing the batters to play with aggressive mindset in build-up to T20 WC 2024
In the recently concluded three-match T20I series against Afghanistan in January, Rohit Sharma was intent on playing quite aggressively in the powerplay to score runs at a high tempo while keeping a low price on his wicket. The rest of the Indian batters also adhered to the new ideology of the captain and the team management to look for boundaries more often than ever before, which could be a difference maker in the T20 World Cup 2024.
