The team is led by Rohit Sharma. India’s ICC T20 World Cup 2022 campaign ended with a thrashing semi-final upset to England at the Adelaide Oval. Despite failing to record high scores all season, skipper Rohit Sharma was a compelling captain of the team, with his decisions paying off brilliantly in the Super 12.
Consequently, in the aftermath of his abrupt departure, many former cricketers began to speculate about the leadership and the need for personnel changes in the team. Former Pakistan pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar is mad with Rohit’s leadership in the league and has wondered if the starter is capable of keeping leading the team.
“Was he ready for the captaincy? I still haven’t received an answer to this question. We all knew that he wants to be the skipper. But this is not an easy task to do. You have to live and breathe captaincy and also have to sacrifice family life. That is why Rohit should be spending more time with the team which will help him in building the team as well. He just looked a bit depressed and off,”
Shoaib Akhtar, stated
“With captaincy comes responsibility. If the team performs, you get the credit but when you face criticism, you don’t point fingers at anyone. And Rohit Sharma’s continuation, I won’t be able to see that because he is close to his retirement in the T20 format,”
Akhtar added
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The 47-year-old also alludes to Virat Kohli’s difficult period as captain, indicating it really is “too much” on Rohit.
“Virat Kohli took so much of time just to realise that captaincy is now gone and that he needs to come of that phase. Yet he took breaks from the game and then somehow, luckily, Pakistan were troubled by Kohli. Now he is in a good space. I think for Rohit Sharma, it has been too much to ask from him,”
Akhtar concluded
