"His Captaincy Is Bold": Brendon McCullum Praises India Skipper Rohit Sharma

Former New Zealand skipper and current England Test coach Brendon McCullum lauded senior Indian stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their performances in the ICC Cricket World Cup and expressed excitement about duelling against these two heavyweights during England's tour of India next year. McCullum was in Bengaluru for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Innovation Lab's Leader's Meet: India which was held last week and addressed a convergence of global sporting stakeholders. "Yeah. I like his captaincy (Rohit Sharma's captaincy). I think his captaincy is bold. He takes risks and he takes the game on. And when you add the talent base of India to these kinds of tactics, then he can achieve very good things. He has been a great leader for not just India but for Mumbai Indians over the years as well," said McCullum to ANI about Rohit's captaincy.

Speaking about Virat, McCullum said that Virat was always billed as a future superstar since his early days as a cricketer and he has lived up to that hype and dealt with the hopes and dreams of over a billion people over the years.

"Well, obviously Virat, I know him pretty well from my time at RCB and also playing against him. So look, he was always touted as a future superstar and he has lived up to, he has dealt with the hopes and the dreams of over a billion people and he has been able to perform on the big stage. He deserves every accolade that he gets," said McCullum.

McCullum is excited for the tour to India as England's Test coach, saying that it would be an amazing challenge for their side against a team that is unmatched in their home territory.

"Looking forward to duelling with both those two (Rohit and Virat) and all the other guys come the Indian tour in