IPL 2022: Rohit Sharma has been a fun captain, says Tim David

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Mahela Jayawardene for Tim David as the all-rounder is trying to fill the big shoes at the five-time champions. Both Rohit and Jayawardene are widely acknowledged as among the best thinkers of the game, and their advice to David has been more about the finer aspects, such as in-game tactics and maximizing David's own skill-sets. "He has been a fun captain," David said of Rohit ahead of the eve of Mumbai Indians' match against Kolkata Knight Riders. "I've only played two games with him, so just getting used to playing with him. Getting used to playing with lots of guys in the team, but we'll find our feet and start playing better as a team as the tournament goes on. But it's been good fun so far. (The advice) has been just about how to be able to find my skills best in the game and to help the team."

"Mahela has been good. Again the same, just about preparing to play in Indian conditions. Learning that comes up in the IPL with different players, and how my skills can be best suited to play in games," he added. In Kieron Pollard, Tim David has got someone who has been there, done it all, and been mightily successful at it for more than a decade. "I think Polly's played over ten years in the IPL, so there's a lot of experience there," David said while talking about Pollard on the eve of Mumbai Indians' match against Kolkata Knight Riders. "I think that happens over time naturally. You can't just get all of it like, on a notebook straightaway. It just happens with different questions here or there, different situations, different experiences at training and trying to run some ideas past him. Just get little bits here and there and hopefully, I can gain some of those