Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez has praised India captain Rohit Sharma for his match-winning performance against Australia in the 2024 T20 World Cup Super-8 match. Hafeez explained how Rohit’s selfless approach made him a champion player, and said he deserved to win the ICC trophy for the Men in Blue.
Rohit had scored 92 runs in 41 balls against Australia at a strike rate of 224.39, which included eight sixes and seven fours. The right-handed batsman took an aggressive approach after his opening partner Virat Kohli was out for zero. The senior player continued to play aggressive cricket before getting out on a nervous 90. Thanks to his innings, India defeated Australia by 24 runs.
Mohammad Hafeez said a big thing in praise of Rohit Sharma
In a video shared on Instagram, Mohammad Hafeez said, “If you are talking about leading from the front, then the only thing, no one doubted Rohit’s quality, one thing he changed was his selfless approach, the way he has improved with this match. He was a very good player, but now he has gone into a very good zone. Just by bringing a selfless approach in himself.”
Hafeez said that Rohit’s approach has been going on for about a year now. He further said, ‘This innings, this way of playing, he has been planning it since last year and started executing it accordingly. If you look at the last 50-over World Cup, he had performed brilliantly for India.
The most special thing about his innings was that he does not think about any milestone. Even after the match, he said that 50 and 100 do not matter. Because he knows what he wants, he does not want 100 centuries to his name, he wants to become a champion cricketer who will always be remembered for winning the ICC trophy.