Rohit Sharma may not be performing that well right now. But his captaincy has surely earned him some brownie points from younger players. Parthiv Patel, a former Indian player lauded Rohit’s captaincy and leadership and explains how he stands out from other captains. u201cI have got an opportunity to play under Rohit’s captaincy at Mumbai Indians and the one thing that stands-out is how he backs players who arenu2019t performing. He is constantlyu00a0vocal about them even in public and in press conferences, as we saw in the case of Avesh Khan. Rohit Sharma backed him even after four consecutive failures, consequentlyu00a0delivering a Man-of-the-Match performance, added Mr Patel.Parthiv Patel was referring to the fourth T20 against WI when Avesh Khan was getting brutally hammered by the Windies players. Rohit’s proactive support helped Avesh get back with a scintillating performance. Khan ended up winning Player of the Match with his impeccable bowling.u00a0India is set to retain their prestigious title. The T20 World Cup is slated this time in in Australia from October 23 and the star Indian captain has some time on his hand to regain his flow. Getting applauded by younger players is something a captain would be happy to hear.Parthiv Patel further added, u201cRohit believes in taking intuitive actions on the ground rather than always pre-meditating them. When a particularly hairy situation arises, he takes a calculated call according to the situation. It is possibly one of the primary reasons why he has five IPL trophies under his cap. To further add, India has also won multi-national tournaments like the Asia Cup and Nidahas Trophy under Rohitu2019s captaincy,u201d Parthiv Patelu00a0 added.
