Credit for India’s aggressive batting approach in white ball cricket goes to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid: Ravi Ashwin

Former Indian spinner and analyst Ravi Ashwin has credited former Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and former Indian head coach Rahul Dravid for instilling an aggressive mindset in India’s white-ball cricket, which changed the way India perceived batting.

For the unversed, after a series of losses in ICC tournaments, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid adapted to an aggressive batting approach, as visible in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at home and ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and the Caribbean Islands.

“Rohit, as a captain, has always been laying his stamp by showing the team what he wants from it. The transitional batting that India has gone through in T20 cricket and ODI cricket, the way we bat fast, a lot of credit for that goes to Rohit and Rahul bhai,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel ‘Ash Ki Baat.’ 

“They showed the way, Rahul bhai said this is how we have to play, and Rohit showed the way..paved the way and eventually it has changed the way India perceived batting. Batting is not average, it is purely strike rate in white ball cricket,” he added.

Furthermore, Ashwin requested the Indian fans to celebrate the Indian talismanic batting duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as they are on the verge of their retirement from international cricket. 

“I will say one thing, how much time we have to watch and enjoy Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bat, please let’s do it because once they are done, we could hear talks like ‘oh, what a player he was! Please bring him back’. That doesn’t cut ice for me,” he observed.

“For however long they play, let us celebrate them as long as they are playing. As I said, life moves on very fast. Time does not wait for anyone. It is very important that we realise that the time is less. So it is better that we enjoy whatever they are doing,” he concluded.

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