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‘He Deeply Cared About the Team’: Rahul Dravid Opens up on Working with Captain Rohit Sharma

Rahul Dravid highlighted Rohit Sharma's calm leadership and emotional connection with players, crediting this approach for India's 2024 T20 World Cup win and strong team unity.

  • On August 21, Rahul Dravid praised Rohit Sharma's captaincy, saying `I always felt he deeply cared about the team. Right from the first day, he was very clear about how he wanted to run the team and what was important to him`.
  • Between 2022 and 2024 the duo of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma forged a highly successful captain-coach partnership that led India national cricket team to the 2024 T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados, ending an 11-year ICC trophy drought.
  • Dravid noted Rohit Sharma's calm temperament and balance, emphasizing his supportive role to the captain and that Rohit's clarity about the team environment and culture eased coaching.
  • Rohit, now focused on ODIs, has retired from T20Is and Tests and is preparing for India white-ball tour of Australia in October while aiming for the 2027 ICC ODI World Cup, Africa.
  • Meanwhile, debate over Rohit and Kohli’s futures continues as Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill take over T20I and Test captaincies, with Suryakumar set to defend the crown next year.
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Tribune India broke the news in Chandigarh, India on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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