Captain Rohit Sharma is a mixture of MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly: Irfan Pathan
Rohit Sharma lifted his fifth IPL trophy as Mumbai Indians captain after his team beat Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in the final in Dubai on November 10.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Rohit Sharma is the most successful IPL captain with 5 titles
- Rohit is also the most successful player in the league with 6 IPL trophies
- Calls have been growing louder for Rohit to take over Team India captaincy in T20s since his latest IPL win
Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan compared Rohit Sharma's captaincy with that of legends Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni after yet another successful season in the Indian Premier League.
Rohit lifted his fifth IPL trophy as Mumbai Indians captain after his team beat Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in the final in Dubai on November 10.
Cricket pundits from all over the world have since been heaping praise on Rohit, with some even going on to say that he should take over the reigns in the shortest format from current India skipper Virat Kohli.
Pathan, who made his debut under Ganguly's captaincy and played a long time under Dhoni, explained how Rohit puts all his faith behind his team's bowlers just like the Ganguly and Dhoni did while leading Team India.
“The way he used Yadav showed his class. Any captain would have gone with a seamer. Rohit used his instinct. It showed how clear was his thinking. It showed that he’s a bowlers’ captain,” said Irfan Pathan.
“He is a mixture of Dhoni and Ganguly. Ganguly trusted his bowlers and went by it. Dhoni trusted his bowlers but always took decisions with an instinct."
Pathan went on to explain how Rohit changed his tactics during matches in IPL 2020 and how cleverly he used his options different situations.
"One of the games was getting close, so he used Bumrah in the 17th over, though he usually uses Bumrah in the 18th. Bumrah brought the game back in MI’s favour.
“Look at the way he used Pollard, he didn’t make him bowl initially but when wicket had double pace he used Pollard,” Pathan analysed.
Rohit is not only the most successful captain in the tournament but also the player with the most IPL trophies. He won his first IPL title under Adam Gilchrist's captain with Deccan Chargers in 2009 and then went on to clinch the title as skipper of MI in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
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