Rohit Sharma the newly appointed ODI captain, who replaced Virat Kohli from the limited-overs, shared his view on future plans for the Indian team. Team India’s new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma said that he wants his players to prepare for the worst and admitted that winning the ICC World Cup is the ultimate goal for this team. Notably, in the upcoming two years two World Cups will be played, one in 2022 the T20 World Cup in Australia, while in 2023, India will host the ICC ODI World Cup.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) sacked Virat Kohl from the role of captaincy in ODI cricket and named Rohit Sharma as the next captain of the Indian team. As per reports, the BCCI had given an ultimatum of 48 hours to Virat Kohli to leave the captaincy on his own will, but Kohli was keen to lead India so he refused. Later, BCCI had to sack him.

Rohit on what will be team India’s next target?

Rohit Sharma is an interview with sports journalist Boria Majumdar said that he wants his players to prepare for the worst, like if the team’s score is 10/3 in the semifinal or, final or, even in the group stage of any ICC tournaments then how is our middle order going to react? That is what we will prepare for in the next 1 year.

Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli’s role in the team:

When asked about what will be the role of Virat Kohli in the team, Rohit said that a quality batsman like Virat Kohli is always needed for the team and given that he is also a leader of the Indian team, it will strengthen the team.

Rohit on his captaincy:

Rohit aka Hitman revealed his philosophy about captaincy and said that he believes in backing the right players, making strategies, back the players from behind, because most of the work is done off-field with the proper planning. Rohit added that he wants to give confidence to his players and the result will start showing automatically.

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