India vs Australia: Coach Rahul Dravid hails Rohit Sharma's captaincy after Delhi Test win

Rahul Dravid on Sunday hailed Rohit Sharma's captaincy. India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a six-wicket win in Delhi.Dravid said the team was "very lucky" to have someone like Rohit taking over the captaincy from a player of the calibre of Virat Kohli.Rohit took over after Kohli quit as India's Test captain following a series defeat in South Africa in January 2021.Dravid also added that the Mumbaikar has the respect of the dressing room.

"He is one of those guys who has been there a long time. The kind of person who doesn't speak a lot, but when he does they all listen. He deeply cares a lot about the dressing room and the players. We are very lucky to have Rohit take over the leadership from someone like Virat," Dravid said after the match.

1/11Jadeja stars as India hammer Australia to take 2-0 Test series leadShow Captions<p>Ravindra Jadeja returned career-best figures of 7/42 to lead Australia's hammering by six wickets inside three days to bring India to a 2-0 Test series lead. </p><p>Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin to dismiss Australia for 113 in a morning session when the tourists' batting imploded, thanks to an overused sweep shot on a tricky pitch. </p><p>India romped to their victory target of 115 in the second session to guarantee them retention of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in the four-match series.</p><p>India have won their previous three series against Australia and are now close to securing a spot in the World Test Championship final.</p><p>India lost skipper Rohit Sharma, run out after a fluent 31, and Virat Kohli, who surpassed 25,000 international runs, stumped on 20.</p><p>But Cheteshwar Pujara stood firm with 31 in his landmark 100th Test to steer the team home with a winning four as Srikar