Former wicketkeeper of the Australian cricket team Brad Haddin drew a comparison between the captaincy styles of both Rohit and Virat and found that the best possible way to answer the question asked, who led the India team better? Kohli and Rohit are two modern-day greats of the game and have a solid captaincy record. Kohli is one of team India’s most successful test captains, whereas Rohit may not have achieved that high, but he surely has made some rapid strides in ODI and T20 cricket.
Keeping the captaincy stats and numbers aside, Haddin paid huge respect to how Virat Kohli helped team India going forward after MS Dhoni by absorbing a ruthless attitude in his players. Even the introduction of the yoyo test and the “Epic 60 overs of the hell” became synonymous with how the Indian cricket team played their cricket, and for that, Haddin could not help but Praise the achievements of captain Virat Kohli between 2015/17 and 2021.
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When this question regarding who is the better captain, Virat or Rohit, was asked from Haddin, he said that this is a very good question now I am going to answer, but I think Virat has changed how India prepared for their cricket, and they have become ready. He used to hold his playgroup to quite a high standard and is one of the captains who said, “I am not going to tell you to do anything that I am not doing myself.”
Haddin said it is not hidden from anyone how the athleticism and mentality has changed in the Indian cricket team. Now they feel more energetic, and they dived when Virat took over. He didn’t back down when they were facing the game against Australia. Virat Kohli has changed the modern game in many ways in India and how team India played.”
Although Haddin praised Kohli a lot, Rohit also finds himself in the good books of the ex-wicketkeeper of team Australia.
Since Rohit took over as the full-time captain of India’s team, he has led India to the finals of the second World Test Championship and the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup and Asia Cup titles. Team India even had an amazing outing at the 2023 ODI World Cup.
While praising Rohit’s greatness, Haddin said that Rohit tactically was amazing and ensured that he kept it coming together.
