Where Rohit Sharma Is Today, Its Credit Goes To MS Dhoni: Gautam Gambhir

Rohit Sharma has established himself as a premier opener in the Indian cricket team. But he started as a middle-order batsman after making his debut in 2007 and struggled during the initial phase of his career. It was only after MS Dhoni promoted him as an opener in 2013, Rohit Sharma started to show his best game in white-ball cricket.

Today, Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to hit three double centuries in white-ball cricket. He has also stitched some key partnership with his various fellow opening batsmen to give the side a head start. At World Cup 2019, Rohit Sharma hit five centuries, and took the world by storm.

Rohit Sharma success is largely because of MS Dhoni: Gautam Gambhir

His former teammate Gautam Gambhir believes MS Dhoni should be credited for his success. Gambhir said selection committee and team management aside, a captain’s backing is important and Rohit Sharma got it from MS Dhoni over a period of time.

“Where Rohit Sharma is today, it is because of MS Dhoni,” Gambhir told Sports Tak.

“You can talk about the selection committee and team management, but if you do not have the backing from your captain than it is all useless. Everything is in the hands of the captain. How MS Dhoni had backed Rohit Sharma over a period of time, I do not think any player has been given such support,” he added.

Rohit Sharma has scored 9115 runs in the ODIs at an average close to 50. In the shortest format he averages 32.62 but still to cement his spot as a Test opener as the national team has a problem of plenty there.