After Kane Williamson, Rohit Sharma achieved a special milestone
Captaincy is not easy in any format of cricket. The most difficult thing about leading a team is in ICC tournaments. Currently, the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 is being played on the soil of America and West Indies, in which the Indian team has confirmed its place in the final under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. With this, Rohit has achieved another feat as a captain and has equaled former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson.
Kane Williamson and Rohit Sharma did a special feat
In fact, under his captaincy, Rohit Sharma has been successful in taking Team India to the finals of all three ICC formats of tournaments (ODI World Cup, World Test Championship and T20 World Cup). Earlier, only Kane Williamson had done this feat under his captaincy.
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Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India had earlier played the final match of the ICC World Test Championship in 2023, in which it had to face defeat by 8 wickets at the hands of New Zealand. After this, Team India played the final of the ODI World Cup last year under his captaincy, in which the host team had to face defeat at the hands of Australia. This time under Rohit’s leadership, the Men in Blue have managed to make it to the final of the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup.
At the same time, New Zealand played the final match of the World Cup in 2019 under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, in which England defeated them and won the title. After this, the Kiwi team was successful in reaching the final of the T20 World Cup in 2021, but at the last stage they had to face defeat at the hands of Australia. However, in the final of the ICC World Test Championship in 2023, New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets and won the title.
Now Indian captain Rohit Sharma will also try to taste the taste of winning the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final match.
