Former India cricketer Saba Karim lavished praise on Rohit Sharma after his approach to win the second Test match against Bangladesh at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. With rain spoiling two days game, Bangladesh managed to score 234 runs on day 4 of the final Test. The Indian captain was seen attacking Bangladesh bowlers so that the clash would end with a result.
Rohit was off the mark with back-to-back sixes and that helped India to break the record of the team's fastest fifty. Rohit and Jaiswal's batting carnage helped India to score 285 runs.
Impressed with Rohit's captaincy and his clarity of thought while leading the team, former India cricketer Saba Karim heaped praises on the 37-year-old.
"I think it reveals a lot about Rohit Sharma's character. I think that's the kind of transformation we have seen in Rohit Sharma's captaincy in Test cricket now and before that we have seen in white ball cricket in T20 and ODI World Cups," Saba Karim said on JioCinema.
"I think Rohit's intentions have always been very clear. The decision-making has been very precise and I think it is good in a way that he's got players or resources in his lineup who can follow the path that he treads, and he leads by example all the time, and I've seen that in the past and even now in this Test innings. When he wants to impose as a team that you need to win this encounter, this is the way you have to take the game forward. And I think that's what Rohit and company have done so far.
Karim also compared Rohit with other skippers saying that other captain takes time to settle down but there is nothing like him.
"So, this is the most pleasing and a very refreshing sight from Rohit Sharma's captaincy. If you have seen in the past by earlier captains at times, They say 'Let's take the time, let us settle down, then we'll take it forward. Let's play the 1st 5-6 overs and then we'll try and accelerate. But with Rohit Sharma at the helm, there's nothing of that sort. There are no half measures whatsoever. From the first ball, you need to make your intent very clear," he added.
