‘He’s one of the best white ball batters there has ever been’ – Former cricketer appreciates Rohit Sharma’s form and captaincy skills in ODI World Cup 2023

Former English captain and commentator Nasser Hussain recently opined about Rohit Sharma’s captaincy skills and batting style in the ODI World Cup 2023. Notably, the Indian Cricket Team has won all the four matches they have played in the ODI World Cup and have defeated Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh with a good run rate.

Nasser Hussain highlighted that Rohit Sharma’s strike rate exceeded 400 when he plays the pull shot. He also labeled Rohit as one of the best white ball cricketers he has seen considering he always shows a positive intent while playing for the Indian cricket team. Nasser also talked about Rohit Sharma’s presence of mind and the field as he rotates his bowlers. 

Nasser Hussain on Rohit Sharma’s form in the ODI World Cup 2023 

Hussain discussed Rohit Sharma’s captaincy and batting skills in the ODI World Cup 2023, he said, “I have thought for a long time, he’s one of the best white ball batters there has ever been. His record is up there with the best, he’s done it in World Cups. His record against Bangladesh is magnificent, his pull shot, at one stage we showed a graphic – he was averaging 400 in the pull shot in the last couple of years. He got out to it in the end but not before he had done a lot of damage.” 

“The most important thing I like is intent, there is real intent, for a while they played a bit of timid Cricket in the T20 World Cup in Australia and they lost to England in Adelaide in that semi-final. This looks like a different top three, the way Rohit, Shubman and Virat are playing are going to put a lot of top order bowlers under pressure”, he said. 

“Just the way when you lose a bowler, the way you have to think about bowlers are key moments in the games. Kuldeep was bowling really well, and he realised the way Siraj has come back with those cross seam deliveries and then he went to Siraj, he  got the wicket, and then he went back to Kuldeep, Jadeja and Bumrah. He just rotated his bowlers, and as Dinesh Karthik said on commentary, it wasn’t just the rotation, he was always rotating, looking to get a wicket. So, a bit like his batting where he has the attacking option, it’s the same with his captaincy,” he added.