Corey Anderson highlights the difference in captaincy approaches of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

The upcoming T20 World Cup will be India’s maiden ICC tournament under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and he will be hoping to continue his great run as the Indian skipper, especially in the shortest format of the game. While he runs point on rallying the Indian forces on the thunderous shores of Australia, Virat Kohli will be one of his generals among the leaders of the batting unit.

As India begin their T20 World Cup campaign under Rohit, the fans would be hoping to finally bid adieu to a long wait of 15 years as India’s last triumph in the T20 extravaganza came way back in 2007, the maiden edition of the tournament.

While India prepare themselves ahead of the tournament through various warm-up matches and preparatory camps, former New Zealand all-rounder, Corey Anderson had a few words of praise for Rohit and Virat. Corey has played under the captaincy of Rohit for the Mumbai Indians, and Virat for RCB, and he was impressed by the way both of them led by example.

Talking about their contrasting methods, Corey said, “They’ve probably got slightly different ways of doing it. I think Virat is more on the field, he kind of sees things as they are and then goes by that. Rohit’s kind of involved in a lot of those meetings, and I think he reads the game very, very well. I think he’s sort of just very proactive around how he does things. He kind of backs himself and because I said he’s proactive, he’ll make an opportunity and he’ll go with it. Whether it works or not, it’s a different question, he backs it and backs his bowlers to go and do it as well.”

Both Rohit and Virat would be two of India’s biggest hopes as the Men in Blue set foot in Melbourne to settle a few scores with their arch-rivals, Pakistan. India is yet to announce their replacement for Jasprit Bumrah who was sidelined for the upcoming 6 weeks due to a stress factor in his back. With all said and done, no matter the odds, the Men in Blue would be hopeful of leaving behind their recent woes on the grandest stages of all.