After being appointed as the T20I captain, Rohit Sharma will now also lead the side in the ODIs. Sharma lavished praise on R Ashwin and said that the spinner has a lot of hunger to perform across all formats.
“He is a champion bowler and I have seen his quality for the last decade. I have seen what sort of person he is and how much hunger he has in him not to just play Test but other formats. You see his IPL record for the last 2-3 years. His economy will be 6-7 if I am not wrong. He bowls everywhere – power play, middle overs, end overs. He bowls to right handers, left handers,” Rohit said while talking to Boria Majumdar on ‘Backstage with Boria’ on the Youtube channel Xtra Time.
The new captain further added that Ashwin is a sort of a bowler who can bowl at any given situation.
“ I thought he would be a great addition with what he does with the ball. He gives you that flexibility. When you have a an allrounder bowler like that – he can bowl anywhere whatever the situation, you don’t want one-dimensional bowler. Someone who can only bowl outside power play, can’t bowl at the death, can’t bowl to left-handers. More options you have with the bowler, the better,” Rohit added.
Sharma had a brilliant start to his T20I career after taking up the full-time captaincy as the side completed a 3-0 whitewash win against New Zealand and his first assignment as the ODI skipper will be the series against South Africa away from home.