Rohit Sharma main in T20Is is an enormous change, India excited to play beneath him vs New Zealand: KL Rahul

India opener KL Rahul stated on Monday that each one the gamers of their T20I squad are excited to play beneath new captain Rohit Sharma, who took over the job from Virat Kohli after their exit from the latest World Cup within the United Arab Emirates.

Rohit, who has led Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles, will probably be captaining India with Rahul as his deputy for the three-match T20I collection in opposition to New Zealand, beginning November 17 in Jaipur. India may even play beneath new coach Rahul Dravid for the primary time after he changed Ravi Shastri from the highest job earlier this month.Kohli, who gave up the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup, has been rested for the white-ball video games and the primary Test however will return to steer India within the second Test in opposition to Kane Williamson’s facet subsequent month.”There’s nothing new in Rohit being captain, we’ve all seen him leading Mumbai Indians for as long as I can remember. His stats are there for everybody to be seen, he has a great understanding of the game.”Tactically he is actually good and that is why he is been in a position to obtain the form of issues that he has as a pacesetter.”We all enjoy watching Rohit bat, he is a great guy to be around. I’m sure he’s excited and all of us in the Indian team are excited to play under Rohit,” Rahul advised reporters.”We all are excited to play under @ImRo45’s captaincy.”@klrahul11 on Rohit Sharma main #WorkforceIndia within the T20Is.#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/wseMLeg27w— BCCI (@BCCI) November 15, 2021
The 29-year-old Karnataka batsman went on so as to add that Rohit “will bring a lot of calm” within the Indian dressing room when he takes over. Notably, Rohit Sharma has a greater win-percentage (78.94) than Virat Kohli (64.58) as India captain in T20I cricket.”He will bring a lot of calm into the dressing room and the next few weeks will be exciting to understand what kind of goals he has.”The extra we discuss to him within the subsequent few days, I’ll additionally be capable to perceive it higher. But like I stated, it is a large change in Indian cricket and we’re all trying ahead and enthusiastic about it,” Rahul added.India and New Zealand will play 3 T20Is from November 17 before the first Test in Kanpur. They will then return to Mumbai for the second match starting December 3 at the Wankhede Stadium.The hosts will be without first-team regulars Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant in both the red-ball games as they have also been rested.