IND vs NAM T20 WC: We have a capable man in Rohit, who is ready and waiting: Shastri

Ravi Shastri, who completed his very important stint as India’s head coach, feels that Rohit Sharma Is “ready and capable” to assume T20 captaincy from Virat Kohli And sharing the burden of leadership in a post-COVID-19 world is not such a bad idea.

Rohit, who will take over the T20 captaincy from the New Zealand series, is also being roped in to lead India in the 2023 ODI World Cup and a formal announcement in this regard could be made at the earliest.

Shastri said during India’s T20 World post, “I think in Rohit, you’ve got a very capable guy. He’s won so many IPLs, he’s the vice-captain of the team, he’s got to take that job.” is ready.” The CAP campaign media conference clarified that no other candidate is being viewed as a potential leader at this time.

He, in fact, welcomed the idea of ​​Rohit moving on to the shorter formats and Kohli taking over the captaincy in Tests.

“I think many captains is not such a bad thing because with bubbles and so much cricket being played, players need to be turned around and given space to spend some time with their families and see their parents. needed.

“When a boy doesn’t go home for six months his family can be with him but you have parents and other families and if you don’t get a chance to see them, it’s not easy at all, so I guess That’s not a bad thing,” he said.

Shastri believes that despite their indifferent performance in this edition of the T20 World Cup, India will remain a very strong T20 side in the near future.

“…and as far as the T20 team is concerned, we will always have a strong team. We may not win this T20 World Cup but going forward we will have a very strong team because IPL Throws a lot of young players into the mix and Rahul (Dravid) will have his own ideas on how to take this team forward. I still see it as a very good team.”

Injured due to lack of bowling options: admits Shastri

However in the roundabout, Shastri admitted that the lack of back-up bowling options hurt the team. Hardik Pandya Was not fully fit to bowl the full quota of overs.

“It always helps when you have one or two guys in the top-order who can bowl. We had in the past and unfortunately we don’t have much now and so this may be the way to go – this To be sure, we are some of the players who can fold their arms. Even if they have four overs between them, it will help,” he said, clarifying his point of view.

There was a gap between IPL and T20 World Cup

Shastri did not support the general theory that India were not playing too many T20 matches as a team, which was the reason for the defeat.

“The cricket itinerary is so full that they can only do one thing at a time. At least they played some T20 cricket. I just wish the difference was a little bit more. That’s it.”

So, did he speak to the BCCI high command on this issue? Shastri was dismissed.

“Look, it’s not my job, first of all. It’s already been done, it’s something I’m sure administrators, not just for India, BCCI, you know, it’s other people around the world. There are also those who will be watching it. This. Before the big tournament to make sure that there is a slight gap, so that people are mentally refreshed and ready to play.”

But could an Indian player opt for rest without feeling insecure about his place?

“Absolutely. The communication has become free. We’ve managed the players. You know with training methods and everything and that’s a …. one thing we were never short on communication, everyone so to speak was free, no one was considered as junior, no senior-junior in this side, everyone had the freedom to speak their mind.”

“Emotional”, but leaving this team in a better position

He admitted that being part of the set-up for nearly six-and-a-half years made him feel “very emotional” indeed. But does he feel that something is missing? The straight-talking coach said, “I don’t see the missing parts. When I took over there were 10 parts missing. Now there are only two.”