Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah showered reward on skipper Rohit Sharma and mentioned that the 37-year-old has been phenomenal. Within the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit Sharma is at the moment the third highest run getter within the event. He scored 248 runs at a strike charge of 155.97 after showing in seven matches. Talking in a video shared on the official Instagram account of ICC, Bumrah mentioned that within the earlier ODI World Cup 2023 Rohit was very proactive. Bumrah revealed that the India skipper gave plenty of freedom to his gamers.

“Rohit Sharma has been completely phenomenal. Even within the earlier World Cup you already know, he has been proactive, he offers plenty of freedom to his gamers, he lets the gamers categorical themselves. When he feels the precise time, he shares his personal expertise in the course of the match. So ya, it feels actually nice and I really feel very completely satisfied enjoying underneath him and the arrogance of the group can also be very excessive,” Bumrah mentioned.

Earlier, former England skipper Nasser Hussain mentioned that he preferred the India skipper for a really very long time for his batting and management qualities. The previous cricketer added that Rohit Sharma is just like the iron fist within the velvet glove.

“I’ve been a fan of Rohit for a really very long time, as a batter, as a captain, and as an individual. He appears to have a really calming affect. Whereas you had different captains, possibly like Virat, who wore their coronary heart on their sleeves, and they’re increadibly passionate. Rohit is like that iron fist in a velvet glove. You don’t fiddle with Rohit, however he’s additionally a giant brother that can put his arm round you and take care of you,” Nasser mentioned.

Each South Africa and India have had a contrasting run within the event. The Rohit Sharma-led facet has dominated all sides that they’ve confronted within the event, together with heavyweights like Australia, Pakistan, and England.

Whereas the Proteas have, on quite a few events, escaped by a slim margin en path to the ultimate. Bangladesh and Nepal gave them a run for his or her cash within the group stage. Of their ultimate recreation of the Tremendous 8 towards the co-hosts, the West Indies, they virtually sealed their exit whereas chasing the revised goal of 123.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj, and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)