I Would Like Rohit Sharma To Lead In 2023 World Cup - Wasim Jaffer

India’s veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer has put his weight behind Rohit Sharma to lead India in the next World Cup. Wasim Jaffer took to his Twitter account and said it the right time to hand over the captaincy to Rohit Sharma in the ODI format. Rohit Sharma has led Mumbai Indians to four Indian Premier League titles (which is the most) and he has a good experience of leading the side in crunch situations.

Meanwhile, the next World Cup of 2023 will be played in India. Wasim Jaffer believes it is the right time to move the captaincy baton from Virat Kohli to Rohit Sharma. In fact, Rohit Sharma has proven that he is a tactical captain and he has also led Mumbai Indians with aplomb.

Rohit Sharma is captaincy material.

Thus, it is expected that Rohit Sharma can do a good job if he is given the captaincy reins. However, Virat Kohli has also produced good results under his captaincy and there are not many reasons to sack from the leadership role.

Rohit Sharma is currently the vice-captain of the team and he is often seen providing his inputs to Virat Kohli. In fact, Kohli has also stated that Rohit Sharma has one of sharpest brains in the Indian team.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was in sublime form in the World Cup. The stylish batsman took scored 648 runs in the tournament with an average of 81 and strike rate of 98.33. Furthermore, the flamboyant scored five centuries, which is the most for any batsman in a single edition of the World Cup.

Rohit Sharma is expected to lead India in the ODI and T20I series on the tour of West Indies as Virat Kohli is reported to be rested.

Wasim Jaffer took to his Twitter account to share his thoughts. The tweet read as “Is it time to hand over white ball captaincy to Rohit Sharma?
I would like him to lead India in the 2023 World Cup?”.

Here is the Tweet:

Is it time to hand over white ball captaincy to Rohit Sharma?
I would like him to lead India in 2023 World Cup?

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 12, 2019