He is a BETTER CAPTAIN than MS Dhoni: THIS Indian player is SUPERIOR to MSD in tense situations

MS Dhoni has been talked and hailed as arguably the best captain in the history of cricket. The game has seen iconic leaders like Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Cliv Llyod, Kapil Dev or Ricky Ponting but Dhoni has been hailed as a class above the rest (maybe Indian bias). Dhoni has won an ICC ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and 5 IPL titles as a captain. 

However former cricketer Parthiv Patel believes, one player has trumped even Dhoni in being calm and composed as a leader in tense situations. And that is Rohit Sharma. The former Mumbai Indians skipper has trumped MS Dhoni in two IPL finals and that might be the reason why Rohit has been hailed as a brilliant leader. However, Patel made a tall claim by saying that Rohit Sharma has never made a blunder in 10 years, something which Dhoni has done. 

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Dhoni just advises but Rohit practices it in games

"The best example is the two IPLs MI won by just one run each. That would not have been possible if you don't have a captain who can stay calm on the ground.

"When there's a tense match, sometimes wrong decisions or blunders are made. But the hallmark of Rohit Sharma's captaincy is that in the last 10 years, you don't remember that he made a blunder.

"Even Dhoni has made blunders like giving Pawan Negi an over, but if you see Rohit, you'll never see a blunder. Keeping the process simple is something that Dhoni advises but we see Rohit practice that in games," added Parthiv.

Parthiv continued to say that Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah had got the full backing of Rohit Sharma when they were struggling in the early part of their IPL stints at Mumbai Indians.

Rohit backed Hardik and Bumrah to the hilt

Parthiv compared Rohit's leadership with CSK talisman MS Dhoni, saying the Mumbai cricketer never "made a blunder", while the Chennai captain had erred on a few occasions during his long IPL stint.

"I think the most important thing is that he supports his players. The best examples of this are Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah came into the MI set up in 2014 and by 2015, his performance wasn't great," Parthiv told Jio Cinema on Tuesday.

"They even pondered sending him back after half the season. But Rohit Sharma believed in his ability and from 2016 onwards, his performance has been excellent," added the former India wicketkeeper, who played 25 Tests.

Bumrah, who came into the MI setup in 2014, has gone on to become the country's go-to pacer in all three formats and played a pivotal role in Mumbai's success in IPL.

Pandya, after becoming a part of the five-time champions in 2015, went on to lead Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in 2022 and is now back as MI skipper, replacing Rohit.

“Same with Hardik Pandya. He came in 2015 and became popular. His 2016 season wasn't great but MI stuck with him and Pandya became the player he is today.”

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Former India pacer Zaheer Khan said Rohit takes decisions based on circumstances, which is one of the most difficult tasks for a captain in IPL.

"You can plan for a game in advance but nobody knows how proceedings will unfold in the middle. He acts according to situations and takes decisions, and many times they are different from what may have been planned in the run-up to the game.

"I think that's his strength. In the IPL, taking on-the-spot decisions is one of the biggest challenges for captains and he did that well for MI," he added.