'The way you see Rohit Sharma opening...' - When former Indian batting legend expressed his wish to play like India skipper

The veteran batter and India skipper, Rohit Sharma has not been in an expected run of form for the last couple of assignments in international cricket. However, the admiration and love for the Indian batting stalwart hasn’t gone down in the meanwhile despite his struggle with the form lately.

Apart from the fans, a lot of former cricketers and cricket experts have been seen praising Rohit for his aggressive batting approach. Most of the ex-cricketers and the experts have also been left amused with the star batter’s amazing ability to play the pull and hook shots. There has also been a notion among the cricket experts that the India skipper has an extra one and a half seconds to get his strokes executed.

In the same line of events, former legendary India batter and ex-skipper, Sunil Gavaskar was all in praise of Rohit Sharma for the latter’s swashbuckling batting approach.

“I am absolutely over the moon” – Sunil Gavaskar on Rohit Sharma's batting

Gavaskar also hailed Sharma’s approach and intent while opening the innings. The former batting legend also expressed his wish that he also wanted to play the way Rohit plays while starting the innings for India. 
“The way you see Rohit Sharma opening the batting in ODI cricket, the way he is opening the batting in Test cricket, smashing from the first over, that is how I wanted to play,” said Sunil Gavaskar.

“Circumstances and of course, lack of confidence in my ability to do that, did not allow me to do that. But when I see the next generation doing it, I am absolutely over the moon. I love watching the next generation because there you see progress, they are setting the bar higher for the generation that will follow,” he added later.

Notably, Rohit Sharma will be back in action for India in the ODIs during the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 to be held jointly in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The batter will be eyeing getting his form back with some impressive performances in the prestigious cricket quadrennial.