Two-time IPL-winning captain Gautam Gambhir said he didn’t fret over dismissing any batsman as much as Rohit Sharma during his IPL career as the KKR captain.
Gautam Gambhir lavished huge praise on the Mumbai Indians opener who is currently the fourth-highest run-scorer in the IPL history.
Speaking with Star Sports recently, Gambhir emphasizes how Rohit Sharma gave him “sleepless nights” as the ex-KKR skipper had to make multiple plans for Rohit, who gets more and more destructive as his innings progresses.
Gautam Gambhir said, “The only player who’s given me sleepless nights. Not Chris Gayle, not AB de Villiers, only Rohit Sharma has given me sleepless nights in the IPL. With Rohit, I knew that I had to have Plan A, Plan B, and probably Plan C as well because if Rohit is in, I don’t think anyone can control him.”
Rohit Sharma is the only batter I was scared of as an IPL captain: Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir’s trump card and go-to bowler as KKR’s captain was mystery spinner Sunil Narine. The 42-year-old reveals that he had to meticulously plan Narine’s overs in order to contain Rohit Sharma, which was a very difficult task.
“The only batsman I have feared in IPL is Rohit Sharma. I have never planned for any other batter except for Rohit Sharma. There have been times when I’ve seen the visuals, where I said fair enough, plan A is fine. But with Rohit Sharma, probably one night before, I used to think if this doesn’t work, I have to get this. If this doesn’t work, I have to get the other plan.
“If Sunil bowls his four overs, who is going to bowl the next 16? And if I finish off Sunil early and if Rohit is there, he can hit 30 off one over as well. Rohit is the only batter I was scared of as an IPL captain,” the former captain asserted.
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Rohit Sharma, who has 42 fifties and one century in the IPL, is now freed up of the captaincy pressure as MI appointed Hardik Pandya as their new skipper. Head coach Mark Boucher explained that they want Rohit to bat with more freedom in IPL 2024.
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