Sunil Gavaskar thinks 'Captain' Rohit Sharma is like Clive Lloyd

Sunil Gavaskar is very impressed with the leadership qualities of India's stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma in the Asia Cup 2018.

Rohit, who is leading the side in the absence of Virat Kohli, has taken the Indians into the finals with ease. India have not lost a match in the six-nation tournament so far. 

Gavaskar praised the leadership qualities of Rohit Sharma in his column for the Times of India comparing him to former West Indies captain Clive Llyod. 

He wrote, “Rohit Sharma is doing the Clive Lloyd thing by hiding his emotions as he smiles and turns back to his fielding position. This does not put any pressure on the person who dropped the catch or misfielded and makes him want to give an extra effort.”

Gavaskar also highlighted the similarities between the current Indian side and the great ODI sides like Lloyd’s West Indies and the 90’s Australian side. 

“The best of teams just go on to the next delivery as they know, in a team game, all eleven can’t be successful and there is bound to be the odd failure. How to carry that failure and make him a part of the team’s success is the key. The great West Indies teams of the past did that splendidly with the phlegmatic skipper Clive Lloyd displaying no emotion with an error on the field. The same with the ’90s Australian team who bonded so well with each other that, if one of them dropped a catch, they would have a go at the batsman instead for being lucky,” Gavaskar wrote.

India will take on Afghanistan in their final Super Four match on Tuesday.