Rohit Sharma – India ODI captain: Pragyan Ojha reveals, ‘Adam Gilchrist discovered Rohit Sharma’s captaincy potential’: On Wednesday, December 08, the BCCI officially named Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI captain, taking over the reins from Virat Kohli in the white-ball cricket. It was already written all over the walls and many had foreseen BCCI’s latest decision. However, very few know that it was not any Indian selector or teammate who discovered Rohit Sharma’s captaincy potential but it was former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist who had an eye for Sharma’s caliber. Follow InsideSport.in for more updates
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Pragyan Ojha reveals, not any Indian selector but ‘Adam Gilchrist the man behind discovering Rohit Sharma’s captaincy potential’
“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,” Pragyan Ojha said on Cricbuzz Live.
Former India left arm spinner revealed when Rohit Sharma came into the set-up, he was in the leadership group of Deccan Chargers. But Adam Gilchrist who led the Chargers to IPL title win in 2009 was first to notice Rohit Sharma’s captaincy potential and even persisted him to include in the leadership group.
“It had just maybe been two years that he had started playing international cricket but when he used to give feedbacks 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.
Rohit Sharma, who made his India debut at the age of 20 back in 2007, played three seasons for Deccan Chargers in the IPL. He was then picked up by Mumbai Indians in 2011 and went on to become the most successful captain in IPL’s history.
Meanwhile, the destructive Indian opener will take over the full-time role from the upcoming South Africa series starting from December 26. Team India will play three Test matches under Virat Kohli’s leadership followed by 3 ODIs in which Rohit Sharma will lead the side.
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