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Rohit surpasses Kohli to script huge captaincy record as India claim T20I crown for first time in 6 years with win vs WI

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Rohit surpasses Kohli to script huge captaincy record as India claim T20I crown for first time in 6 years with win vs WI

With their 17-match win in Game 3 in Kolkata on Sunday, India secured their second straight T20I series victory, this time at home against West India. The win not only helped India reclaim the T20I crown for the first time in six years, it also helped Rohit Sharma set a huge India captain record.

With this victory, India now has a rating of 269, surpassing England to become the top T20I team in the ICC table. The last time India achieved this ranking was in early 2016 under MS Dhoni.

India bounced back in form following a memorable 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates last November, after suffering a group-stage exit before Virat Kohli stepped down as captain. Under new captain Rohit, India beat New Zealand 3-0 at home last year, then West Indies. It was the first consecutive win for the Men in Blue in a bilateral T20I series.

It was also India’s sixth whitewash victory in the bilateral T20I competition, four of which were under Rohit. He previously led India to a string of victories over Sri Lanka (3-0) in 2017/18, West Indies (3-0) and New Zealand in 2018/19.

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Rohit thus became the first Indian captain and fifth in world cricket to win a bilateral T20I series (minimum 3 matches) in a row. He could also become the third captain to score four whitewashed victories in a bilateral T20I series (minimum 3 matches), joining ex-Afghanistan captain Asgar Afghani (4 matches) and ex-Pakistan captain Safaraz Ai Hamed (5 games) is comparable.

Rohit also passed Kohli for second place on the list of T20Is captains with the most wins at home. It was Rohit’s 14th victory in 15 matches on home soil. Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson top the list with 15 wins each.

The veteran cricketer also matched former Pakistan captain Safaraz Ahmed’s record of nine consecutive T20I wins as captain, after Asgar Afghanistan’s 12 such victories. Second in the elusive list (full member states).

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Gambhir acknowledges that his “sole regret in seven years of captaincy” is Suryakumar Yadav: “KKR failed to recognise his potential.”

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Gambhir acknowledges that his “sole regret in seven years of captaincy” is Suryakumar Yadav: “KKR failed to recognise his potential.”

Throughout his incredible career with the Mumbai Indians since 2018, Suryakumar Yadav has become a household name. He has established himself as a vital member of the batting lineup and is seen as the team’s future leader. He was able to establish himself in the Indian white-ball team and get to the top of the IC batting rankings in the format because to his valiant efforts at MI. But before he was let away, Suryakumar was a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders lineup from 2014 to 2017. When former captain Gautam Gambhir reflects on the two IPL titles won by KKR during that time, he named the star player from India his greatest regret.

KKR featured Suryakumar Yadav from 2014 to 2017.

In 2012, Suryakumar began his IPL career with the Mumbai Indians, appearing in just one match before being cut loose the following year. He was signed by KKR in 2014, and he won the championship in his first campaign there. The right-handed batter scored 608 runs in 54 games during his four-year tenure with the team, although the majority of those runs were scored as a lower middle order hitter.

In an interview with Sportskeeda on Monday, Gambhir said that his biggest regret as KKR captain is that he failed to recognise Suryakumar’s ability or his ideal batting position in the lineup.

Finding and showcasing the greatest potential is the responsibility of a leader. If there’s one thing I regret from my seven years as captain, it’s that neither I nor the squad were able to fully utilise Suryakumar Yadav. And combinations were the key to the cause. At No. 3, you may only play one person. As a leader, you also need to consider the other ten players in the starting lineup. Although he was just as excellent at No. 7, he would have been far more effective at No. 3, he said.

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Gambhir went on to praise Suruyakumar for being a team player, citing the reason behind his appointment as the team’s vice-captain in 2015.

He was a team player as well. A good player may be anyone, but becoming a team player takes skill. Playing him at No. 6 or 7 or benching him, he was constantly grinning and eager to contribute to the squad. He went on, “That’s why we named him vice captain.”

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