T20 World Cup

India squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in Oct-Nov has been announced. It will be Rohit Sharma's 1st ICC tourney as captain.

Rohit will be captaining Team India in an ICC T20 World Cup for the first time in his long career. He was made captain after the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Captain for the first time

Rohit has been captain in seven different series and tournaments (domestic and international). He has won them all in the first attempt!

What is the record?

Rohit Sharma captained in the IPL for the first time in the year 2013 and it was also the first time that he won the trophy for Mumbai Indians.

IPL

After the IPL, Rohit won the Champions trophy as the MI captain in his first attempt. The Champions Trophy is a tournament between the teams of the top T20 leagues in the world .

Champions Trophy

Rohit Sharma also led Team India to victory in the first ODI series of his career as the captain of the Men in Blue.

First ODI series

He also won his first T20I series as captain. In fact, under the captaincy of Rohit, India has lost only two T20 matches so far.

First T20I Series

When Rohit was made the India captain in a tri-series tournament for the first time, he led the Men in Blue to victory once again.

First Tri-series win

Rohit Sharma made his debut as India captain in the 2018 Asia Cup. He was instrumental as Team India were the champions for the first time.

Asia Cup

After mastering limited overs cricket, Rohit also made a strong claim in Test cricket captaincy. Rohit won his first Test series as captain.

First Test series

Looking at magical seven-figure, many believe that Rohit can lead India to victory in the T20 World Cup as captain.
What do you think?

First T20 World Cup?

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