Pragyan Ojha throws light on how Adam Gilchrist found leadership skills in budding Rohit Sharma

Rohit was earlier made the T20I skipper of India too.

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Along with the announcement of India’s Test squad for South Africa, there came another important decision by the BCCI which marked the new beginning in India’s white-ball setup. Rohit Sharma, who was earlier named as T20I skipper of India, has been named as the ODI leader of India too and he will take up the charge with series coming ahead. Talking in the same line of events, former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha opened on how legendary Adam Gilchrist spotted great leadership skills in Rohit.

Rohit will start leading the Indian side (ODIs) with the upcoming South Africa series and was also named as India’s deputy in Tests keeping in mind the struggling form of Ajinkya Rahane. Ojha stated that India’s ace batter wasn’t seen as a leader when he came to play for his first IPL franchise Deccan Chargers but Gilchrist made a remark that Rohit should be made the vice-captain.

“When Rohit first came into the Mumbai side, he was never projected as a leader. Slowly things started to change when he was put in the core group of the Deccan Chargers. Adam Gilchrist wanted Rohit Sharma to be the vice-captain,” said Ojha while speaking on Cricbuzz.

Rohit Sharma used to give feedback about certain players or give a certain game plan: Ojha

It has to be noted that the Mumbai batter marked his international debut at the age of 20 back in 2007 and went on to play three IPL seasons with Deccan Chargers. He was finally picked by Mumbai Indians in 2011 to ultimately become IPL’s most successful (five trophies for MI) leader.

“It had just maybe been two years that he had started playing international cricket but when he used to give feedback about certain players or give a certain game plan then the team management started to see the leadership qualities in him. Discussions had started within the Deccan Chargers team that if anyone was going to replace Gilchrist, it can be Rohit.

“People’s perspective about Rohit started to change from then that he is not only a capable batter but also can be a captain in future,” Ojha added.

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