India vs South Africa: Simon Doull Praises Rohit Sharma as 'Most Selfless Cricketer'

Skipper Rohit Sharma will be back at the helm of the Indian men’s cricket team as they take on South Africa in a two-match Test seres, after the heartbreak of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 final.

Former New Zealand pacer Simon Doull called Rohit the ‘most selfless cricketer’, lauding the Indian captain.

“It will be about tempering his game a little bit. The one thing I have observed about Rohit Sharma in the last 10-18 months is that he has probably been the most selfless Indian cricketer I have seen in a long, long time. He has done everything he possibly could for his team to win. He made this team, he played in a certain way to allow the others in the team to be able to play the way they play, in white-ball cricket in particular,” Doull told Star Sports.

Doull feels Rohit Rohit has improved as a leader.

“In the World Cup, we saw that he set the tone at the top of the order, which allowed the middle order to play the way they played. So, it’s a slight change for him, not too much. I still want him to be that aggressive Rohit Sharma. We do see it in Test matches,” Doull said.

“The captaincy thing. He is getting really better. He has become a very, very good captain. He was always a very good white-ball captain, but I think he has become a slightly more aggressive red-ball captain. I am looking forward to seeing more of that through this series,” he added.

On the eve of the Test series, Rohit Sharma was seen sweating it out in companionable silence. There’s a 31-year jinx in Indian cricket having missed out on a Test series win in the ‘Rainbow Nation’ as Rohit would want to achieve which no other Indian teams could.

The first to enter the nets, Rohit and young Yashasvi Jaiswal were seen taking turns while facing Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur for five deliveries each before coming in for the next round.

However, the signature Rohit came to fore when he slog swept Ashwin deep into the grass embankments. One knew that nothing has changed as per Rohit the opener is concerned.

(With inputs from Agencies)