Graeme Swann backs Indian skipper Rohit Sharma to do well in Australia

Graeme Swann backs Indian skipper Rohit Sharma to do well in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. Picture Credit: Twitter/@Swannyg66 and ANI

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Rohit Sharma is the leading run getter in the history of T20I matches.
The Indian skipper has been struggling to post big totals on a consistent basis for quite some time now.
Former English spinner Swann has backed him to do well in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to start in just a little more than two weeks’ time in Australia. To take part in this year’s mega event, teams have already started to arrive Down Under. The Indian team, which is currently engaged in a three-match T20I series against South Africa these days, will travel to Australia on October 6 and will have a week-long training camp in Perth before travelling to Brisbane, where they will play their first warm-up match on October 17 against reigning T20 World Cup winners Australia.

The BCCI has already announced the 15-member Indian squad for the mega event and has also named four reserves. India will open its campaign in the group stage against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23 in Melbourne. Apart from the Men in Green, India will face South Africa, Bangladesh and two other qualifier teams in the league stage.

Batting has always been India’s strength, and for them to fare well in the upcoming ICC event, a lot will depend on how their batters perform. In last year’s tournament, Indian batters failed to deliver in the first two matches against Pakistan and New Zealand, and the team had to pay the price for it by crashing out of the league stage. But this time a better show is expected from them.

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Backing Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who is one of the best white-ball batters of all-time, legendary English spinner Graeme Swann said that he expects the Indian captain to do well and score his record-extending fifth T20I century later this year.

Rohit is the leading run getter in the history of T20I matches and, apart from that, has also scored the highest number of four centuries in the shortest format of the game. He has been struggling to score big runs consistently for quite some time now. But Swann feels Rohit’s form shouldn’t be a concern for the Indian team. He, in fact, believes that the batter will turn things around at the tournament by contributing significantly with the bat.

“It’s just form. When you play cricket, this gets thrown around a lot, the captaincy pressure and everything. People used to talk about Virat at RCB. As a batsman, you are not thinking about captaincy when you go out and bat, you go out with a clear mind and focus on the ball,” Swann told Sports 18.

“Rohit is definitely the player who will get a hundred in the T20 World Cup. I have absolutely no doubt about it. I have no worries about Rohit Sharma. He is the right man to lead, and he has not been in his best form, but India are consistently posting big scores.”

Rohit failed to open his account in the first T20I against South Africa on Wednesday (September 28) but will hope to come up with a good show in the remaining two matches.