Rohit Sharma became India’s full-time captain in February after Virat Kohli
resigned after losing to South Africa in January. Rohit became white-ball
captain in December.
Rohit had already shown his white-ball captaincy in the IPL, leading Mumbai
Indians to five titles. Rohit was anticipated to win trophies for India.
Some expected him to break India’s ICC trophy drought quickly. MS Dhoni
guided India to the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy victory, beating England by
five runs at Edgbaston.
Rohit led India to the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in an
ICC event. They lost by ten wickets to England, who won the tournament. By
the criteria the Indian team and administration set, this was a failure.
India lost the Asia Cup before the ICC T20 World Cup. They won only one
Super 4s match (against Afghanistan) and lost two (to Pakistan and Sri
Lanka).
Mohammed Kaif thinks it’s too early to assess Rohit and his captaincy.
Rohit should be given a long leash as captain, according to Kaif.
resigned after losing to South Africa in January. Rohit became white-ball
captain in December.
Rohit had already shown his white-ball captaincy in the IPL, leading Mumbai
Indians to five titles. Rohit was anticipated to win trophies for India.
Some expected him to break India’s ICC trophy drought quickly. MS Dhoni
guided India to the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy victory, beating England by
five runs at Edgbaston.
Rohit led India to the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in an
ICC event. They lost by ten wickets to England, who won the tournament. By
the criteria the Indian team and administration set, this was a failure.
India lost the Asia Cup before the ICC T20 World Cup. They won only one
Super 4s match (against Afghanistan) and lost two (to Pakistan and Sri
Lanka).
Mohammed Kaif thinks it’s too early to assess Rohit and his captaincy.
Rohit should be given a long leash as captain, according to Kaif.
