“If They Have Thoughts About Getting Dropped…”: India Captain Rohit Sharma On His Captaincy | Cricket News

India captain Rohit Sharma on Friday opened up about main the facet and the management function he performs for the nationwide staff, stating that as a skipper he tries to construct confidence and belief in gamers. During an occasion in Mumbai on Friday, India captain cherishes the function’s quite a few aspects, together with making strategic judgments on the sector and managing particular person gamers’ personalities off the sector. Rohit said that he strive his finest to have private interactions with every participant, and as a frontrunner, it’s essential to deal with everybody equally and with significance.

“It is probably the hardest job of the leader to get everyone to do what you want them to do. Because they come with a different mindset and they want to do what they want to do. That’s what we try and talk to everyone when they come in because it’s a team game and sport. What I try and do is give the players that freedom and importance….. that they are very important for me. It does not matter if you only play only 10 balls at No.6 aur No.7 …you are so important to me that you can win games. It’s just building the confidence within themselves. Because you need all 11 of them to give their best. You need everyone to contribute to the team’s cause,” Rohit Sharma stated in a Leo1, Mastercard & NSDL occasion.

“I try and go to players’ rooms individually and talk to them, have dinner. They look up to the leaders. If I am not available to talk and give time to them then there will be some discomfort around the team. The most important thing is to try and treat everyone equally and give everyone that importance. Give them role clarity that what is their role,” the Indian skipper stated.

“If they are having any thoughts about getting dropped that’s where my role comes in. Then I have to try and build the confidence. It’s about giving them that confidence and building that trust that no matter what my leader says I have to go and execute that. Those are the things that I try to focus on. It’s a tough job,” he added.

On taking part in the function of opener within the staff, Rohit stated, “I like to be put in a place where its slightly difficult conditions and situations. I always wanted to be challenged all the time. The hardest part is to start because you don’t know what the outcome will be. Confidence is something that you can’t take from anywhere it needs to come from within and that starts how I train before the game. If I want to play a certain shot in the first over, I have to practice that. I have to master that shot to gain confidence.”

Talking in regards to the ongoing five-match Test sequence between India and England, the hosts suffered their fourth dwelling Test defeat in a decade in Hyderabad, as guests overwhelmed the Rohit-led facet due to an excellent 196-run effort by Ollie Pope and a unbelievable efficiency on Day 4 by debutant Tom Hartley, who picked up seven wickets.

However, India responded in Vizag with a 106-run triumph, levelling the five-match sequence at 1-1. With the five-match sequence levelled at 1-1, the motion now heads to Rajkot for the third Test, beginning February 15.

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