Rohit Sharma Asks Fans To Keep Their Calm Amid Mitchell Starc Chants | WATCH VIDEO

Rohit Sharma is now a World Cup winning captain. The former MI skipper is now only the third Indian captain to win an ICC trophy after MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev. Rohit captained the Indian team in the 2022 T20 World Cup, World Test Championship 2023 and the ODI World Cup played in the same year but always ended up on the wrong side of things. But things changed on June 29, 2024 as Rohit led Team India to their second T20 World Cup win.

Fans Greet Rohit Sharma With Mitchell Starc Chants

Rohit Sharma is one of the calmest minds in world cricket and it is pretty evident in the way he leads his team. Rohit Sharma was left completely heartbroken as India lost the finals of the ODI World Cup against Australia on November 19, 2023. Next time when Rohit Sharma turned up against the Aussies it was in the T20 World Cup and he made the Kangaroos pay.

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Rohit paid a whirlwind knock of 92 off 41 balls. The Indian skipper's fiery knock helped Team India register 205 runs in their quota of 20 overs. The 'men in blue' later won the match by 24 runs and eliminated the Aussies from the World Cup. This is the same match, where Rohit hit five sixes off Mitchell Starc. recently Rohit Sharma attended an event where he was greeted by Mitchell Starc chants, to which Rohit Sharma asked the crowd to stay calm.

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Rohit Sharma's Role In The Gautam Gambhir Era

Gautam Gambhir recently succeeded Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of Team India. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid's association came to a fruitful ending as India clinched the T20 World Cup for the second time across nine editions. Soon after India won the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the shortest T20I format. With Gautam Gambhir as the coach, India are all set to play the Champions Trophy in 2025 and it is likely that Rohit Sharma will be the captain of India's ODI side.