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Team India needed Rohit Sharma! Rahul Dravid made a big disclosure

Former head coach of the Indian team Rahul Dravid has recently made a big disclosure about Rohit Sharma. He told that Team India once needed Rohit Sharma's captaincy very much.
01:45 PM Aug 22, 2025 IST | Alka Singh
Former head coach of the Indian team Rahul Dravid has recently made a big disclosure about Rohit Sharma. He told that Team India once needed Rohit Sharma's captaincy very much.

Team India Needed Rohit Sharma: Indian team's ODI captain Rohit Sharma is considered one of the best captains in the world. Under his captaincy, Team India won the ICC Trophy after 11 years. Team India won the ICC T20I World Cup 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and coaching of Rahul Dravid. Recently, former head coach of India Rahul Dravid made a big disclosure about Rohit Sharma. According to him, after Virat Kohli stepped down from the captaincy, India needed a captain like Rohit Sharma very much.

Rohit did not disappoint his team and won the ICC event after 11 years.

What did Rahul Dravid say?

Talking about Ravichandran Ashwin's 'Kutti Stories', Rahul Dravid said, "Rohit Sharma thinks a lot for his team. From the very first day, he knew how to run the team and what is important for him"? Former legend of cricket, said that I have always believed that it should always be the captain's team. It is up to a captain how to lead the team and on which path to take them and you should support him.I would like to say that it was very nice to work with him. Sometimes we also saw challenges, but he was very happy with his work.

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Rahul Dravid further said that he is very calm and understands the team well. There was a time when Virat Kohli performed very well for Team India, but after his departure, the Indian team needed a captain like Rohit Sharma. Rohit also captained brilliantly and won many important matches. I am very happy with his performance.

How was the tenure of both?

Rahul Dravid heeded the Indian cricket team from November 2021 to June 2024. While that time Rohit Sharma was the captain of Indian team in all three formats. In the pair of these two, Team India won 10 consecutive matches in the ODI World Cup 2023 and qualified for the final. Team India lost against Australia in the final, but they won the T20I World Cup 2024 and won the ICC trophy after 11 years.

Summary

India won against South Africa in the final of the T20I World Cup 2024. After this Rahul Dravid's contract as the head coach of Team India ended. Rohit Sharma retired from the T20I format after winning this tournament.

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