ICC Champions Trophy 2025: As a frontrunner, Rohit Sharma has change into mature: Shikhar Dhawan

Former opener Shikhar Dhawan believes Rohit Sharma has matured as a frontrunner over time and shares a detailed bond together with his teammates, which augurs properly for the Indian workforce. Dhawan, who was Rohit’s opening companion for a substantial time frame, mentioned the Mumbai batter is skilled sufficient to deal with the workforce. “From 2013 to 2025, 12 years of expertise is quite a bit. Rohit has been by quite a bit. He is aware of learn how to work in a stress scenario, learn how to collect the boys.

“As a frontrunner, he has change into mature, he is aware of when to be lenient and when to drag again. It is a wonderful stability and Rohit’s bond with the boys is wonderful. We’re in an awesome scenario,” Dhawan mentioned in a particular sequence titled ‘The Shikhar Dhawan Expertise’ on Star Sports activities and JioHotstar.

Dhawan additionally spoke about his 2013 ICC Champions Trophy journey, and recollected his nine-year lengthy opening partnership with Rohit, which additionally started on the similar match.

The 39-year-old former left-hander mentioned it was Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s thought to advertise Rohit as an opener alongside him.

“This opening pair resolution was made half a day previous to that match. At the moment, I used to be additionally new, and I used to be in my very own world. I had made a comeback and wanted to carry out properly. However MS Dhoni took this resolution and instructed Rohit to open,” Dhawan mentioned. “So I did not assume a lot about it. I assumed if Rohit opens, we’ll take pleasure in batting collectively. We received such an awesome begin within the first match. We have been at 100 with out shedding a wicket. “We did not rating 30-35 runs as much as the tenth over as a result of the wicket was seaming. However I by no means thought that our pair can be so huge and we might play collectively for 10 years,” he added.

Dhawan additionally talked about his camaraderie with Rohit and mentioned their friendship dates again to junior days.

“We belief one another and our understanding and stage of communication was very excessive. On the sector and off the sector our bond is similar. We performed collectively, we have now partied collectively after profitable so many sequence. We have now performed as a workforce,” he mentioned.

“That complete journey and even earlier than enjoying in India, when Rohit was 16-17 years previous, I performed within the Underneath-19 World Cup. So, we have now been collectively and have been mates since then.”

With two wins from as many matches, India have already certified for the semifinals of the Champions Trophy and can play New Zealand in an inconsequential closing group sport on Sunday in Dubai.