Corey Anderson compares Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's captaincy
Rohit Sharma (L) and Virat Kohli (R) in action (Source: Twitter)
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - it is supposedly inevitable to compare the two superstars of Indian cricket.
While Kohli ran riot in Test cricket with his captaincy, Rohit's ongoing leadership tenure is full of positive results in the bilateral ties.
As the tradition of comparing their leadership style continues, former New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson, who has played under both the players' captaincy in the IPL for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, joined in on the bandwagon.
'Virat is more on the field, Rohit’s kind of involved in a lot of those meetings'
Speaking to News18 CricketNext, Anderson said that Kohli relies more on on-field tactics. On the contrary, Rohit gives attention to team meetings.
"They’ve probably got slightly different ways of doing it. I think Virat is more on the field, he kind of sees things as they are and then goes by that. Rohit’s kind of involved in a lot of those meetings, and I think he reads the game very, very well. I think he’s sort of just very proactive around how he does things. He kind of backs himself and, because I said he’s proactive, he’ll make an opportunity and he’ll go with it. Whether it works or not, it’s a different question, he backs it and backs his bowlers to go and do it as well. We’ve seen with the Mumbai Indians team how well he’s led that team over many, many years," Anderson said.
The 31-year-old pointed out that the fact that the Mumbai Indians skipper had the hold over quality players in the IPL and it has played a part in his success.
"He’s had some very, very good players in those positions to be able to rely on as well. And I think sometimes the captaincy can come down to that as well, the personnel you’ve got. And if you’ve got bankers like they did had Hardik and they have Bumrah obviously and things like that, it makes it a little bit easier to be able to kind of go back to those guys, stick to a plan and know that they’re probably gonna deliver more odds and not. Virat probably had a little bit of fluctuation between personnel with Bangalore and things like that. It makes it probably a little bit harder to have. It’s a consistent plan to go to as well, but I think they’re very good captains in their own," he added.
Meanwhile, both the players will be chalking out the plans together with India aiming to lift the upcoming T20 World Cup trophy.
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