Indian ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin drew comparison between leadership qualities of three Indian captains he has played under for most of his career, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. There have been many comparisons between all three Indian captains and their leadership qualities. Ashwin pointed out one area where Rohit is different from both Virat and Dhoni and said that there is a difference between their tactics.
Ashwin appeared in an interview with Vimal Kumar where he said, “2-3 things are nice about Rohit’s captaincy. He always keeps environment of the team light. He makes an effort to keep it light. And he stays very balanced and tactically he is strong. Both Dhoni and Virat were also tactically strong but Rohit works more on the tactics.”
He added, “If there is any big match or series coming up, Rohit sits with the analytics team and coach and prepares for it, like what’s the weakness of a particular batsman, what’s the plan of a bowler. That’s his strength but he always keeps the environment of the team light and backs the players. If he selects a player in the XI, he backs them 100%. I have played most of my career with these three captains.”
You are talking about Jealousy: R Ashwin opens up on relationship with Ravindra Jadeja
The Rajasthan Royals spinner opened up on his working relationship with teammate Ravindra Jadeja. Kumar asked Ashwin about his way of dealing with the predicament of sitting out in India’s squad because Jadeja. He said, “You are talking about jealousy.” Ashwin then explained how people’s minds work and compel them to think in a certain way if one cricketer is benched because of the other.
He said, “Jadeja is the most talented cricketer I’ve seen; everything about him is natural. Over the years, our relationship has improved as we’ve learned to understand each other’s differences. I tend to think a lot, whereas he does not. Understanding took time, but now we have a strong working relationship.”