"There are similarities.." Ravi Ashwin opines on leadership qualities of Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir

Ravi Ashwin last played for India in five-match test series against England earlier this year.

Indian senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin expressed his thoughts on the leadership qualities of test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma and current head coach Gautam Gambhir.

In July 2024, Gambhir took over as head coach of the Indian cricket team after the end of Rahul Dravid’s memorable tenure. Dravid’s tenure ended with India winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final in Barbados.

Gambhir’s first assignment as the Indian cricket team head coach started with white-ball tour against Sri Lanka, where they whitewashed hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 in the three-match T20I series. However, India suffered a crushing 2-0 defeat in the three-match ODI series, which raised some questions on Gambhir’s experimental approach.

Rohit keeps it light, Gauti bhai is an intense person: Ravi Ashwin

Amidst all this, senior Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin opined on leadership styles of Indian captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir.

In a conversation with journalist Vimal Kumar, Ashwin highlighted that both Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir have similar kind of leadership traits, but one keeps it light while the other keeps it very intense.

“Gauti bhai is very intense. There are similarities between Rohit and Gauti bhai’s leadership, but Rohit keeps it light. Gauti bhai is an intense person,” Ashwin said.

Ashwin further said that Gambhir is very passionate about Indian cricket just like former head coach Rahul Dravid.

“He (Gambhir) is very passionate about Indian cricket, just like Rahul (Dravid) bhai. Both are very passionate about Indian cricket, but we believe both are different. Yes, they have different personalities. But people are like, ‘MS Dhoni was cool, so everyone should be cool’. It isn’t like that. Everyone has their own methods, and we should encourage that,” said Ashwin further.

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