'Rohit Sharma Finished Jasprit Bumrah's Overs, People Must've Questioned": Ex-India Coach On T20 World Cup Final

Former Indian batting coach Vikram Rathour heaped praises on T20 World Cup-winning Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, calling him a "shrewd tactician" and opened on his move to end Jasprit Bumrah's overs early during the T20 WC title clash against South Africa. Rathour, who had a stint with Men in Blue as a batting coach from 2021-24, during which India finished as runners-up in two ICC World Test Championships, runners-up in the ICC Cricket World Cup held at home last year and finally the T20 champions after beating Proteas this year, was speaking on "Find a Way with Taruwar Kohli", a podcast by former U19 World Cup winning cricketer Taruwar.

Speaking on the podcast, Vikram said that Rohit could forget about his decisions after winning the toss or his valuables during a trip, but he never forgets his game plan.

"He might forget whether he has decided to bat or bowl at the toss, or his phone and iPad in the team bus but he never forgets his gameplan. He is very good at it and is a very shrewd tactician," Rathour said.

The former batting coach called Rohit a "player's captain" and lauded him for investing so much time and energy in team meetings and strategies.

"He is a player's captain. He is invested with the players. I have never seen a captain, who is so invested in team meetings and strategies. He spends a lot of time on the team's strategy. He is part of the bowlers' meeting, batters' meeting. He wants to sit with the bowlers and batters to try and understand what they are thinking. He invests a lot of time with the players," Rathour said.

Speaking about ending Bumrah's four-over spell by the 18th over during the title clash, Vikram said that giving the ball early to Bumrah helped choke Proteas' run flow when they seemed