Rohit Sharma Is At A Place Where There Is A Lot Of Cricket To Be Played - Dinesh Karthik Concerned Over Fitness Aspect Of Rohit
Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik opined that India’s all-format captain, Rohit Sharma, will have a lot of things to worry about but his biggest concern will be his fitness, now that he will have to play all three formats regularly.
Rohit has had a long list of injuries since the very beginning of his career, with the latest being the hamstring injury that kept him out of India’s tour of South Africa. If he is to overcome the challenges, Rohit will have to improve his fitness and maintain his body.
“I think Rohit is very astute tactically. And the amount of cricket he will play will define how consistently he can play all three formats. He is at a place where there is a lot of cricket to be played throughout the year.”
“That’s going to be a big challenge for someone like Rohit. He is a quality captain… there’s no doubt about that. When it comes to tactics, we saw in this game (third T20I against West Indies) that he is well ahead of the game,” Karthik was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz.
“We are happy with naming as the captain” – Chetan Sharma on Rohit Sharma
Indian team’s chairman of selectors, Chetan Sharma, also revealed that while they are keen on having a player to groom for the future, it was a simple and easy decision to hand over the captaincy reins in Tests to Rohit.
“Rohit was a clear choice of ours, we are very happy with naming him as captain. We will groom future captains under him, let’s hope everything goes right and if things pan out how we want them to, it will be really good.”
“If Rohit keeps leading for a long time, then it would be really good for us. But no one can predict it, as long as Rohit is available and fit, he will be the Test captain. When he wants to rest, we will give him the rest,” Sharma stated.
Rohit’s first Test as the captain will be against Sri Lanka in Mohali when they come to visit this week.
