Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has backed Rohit Sharma as India's captain ahead of the upcoming edition of T20 World Cup 2024 which will be held in the United States and West Indies. The legendary all-rounder who has also been appointed as the T20 World Cup 2024 ambassador praised Rohit and his captaincy skills and also wished him luck for the mega tournament.
Yuvraj Singh on Rohit Sharma
Yuvraj Singh called Rohit Sharma as one of his closest friends. He said Rohit has not changed as a person at all and the Indian cricket team needs someone like him as the captain.
"Rohit Sharma has never changed as a person even after the success he had, that is the beauty of Rohit Sharma. Fun loving, always having fun with the guys, A great leader in the park & one of my closest friends from cricket," Yuvraj Singh told ICC.
"(Rohit’s presence is going to be) very crucial. I think we need a really good captain, a sensible captain who takes decisions well under pressure. And he’s the one to take them. He was the captain when we lost in the (Cricket World Cup) 50-over final (in 2023). He has won five IPL trophies as a captain. I think we need somebody like him to captain India," he added.
Rohit Sharma has been named the Indian captain for the T20 World Cup 2024 and his Mumbai Indians teammate and captain Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the vice-captain. Rohit would be leading the 15-member Indian squad in the West Indies and the US in hopes of ending India's ICC trophy drought
India's T20 World Cup 2024 Squad
Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves - Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan.
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