Raina, who has been a long-time key member of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), also spoke on the topic of BCCI CEO Rahul Johri's comments on the cash-rich tournament.
Veteran Team India cricketer Suresh Raina has expressed his thoughts about the captaincy style of former skipper MS Dhoni and current vice-captain Rohit Sharma.
Raina drew similarities between Rohit and Mahi's 'cool and calm' nature of captaincy and said both individuals are almost identical in terms of how they lead their team on the field during games.
"Rohit's captaincy is very similar to MSD. The way he does things calmly, the way he motivates people. He is bindaas, he knows that whenever he goes to bat he'll make runs. So this sort of confidence is there in a player then the rest of the players also pick that up from him … this is what I like about Rohit," Suresh Raina was quoted as saying by multiple outlets.
"I recently saw in that final against Pune, Rohit made some 2-3 great moves as captain of Mumbai.. in crunch situations the way he made changes between overs on a dry wicket, the way he released pressure then created pressure."
"Watching that you know that he is taking all these decisions himself. Yes, there must be some advice coming from outside but in his mind he knows what to do when. No wonder he has won so many trophies as captain," he added.
Raina, who has been a long-time key member of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), also spoke on the topic of BCCI CEO Rahul Johri's comments on the cash-rich tournament.
"I don't think without foreigners IPL will ever be that interesting. Foreign players have to be there."
"They bring in experience and challenges of a different kind. Anyway there are four foreign players in every team rule that exists and with foreign players around one enjoys more and one gets to learn a lot also, as has been the case since the beginning of IPL where top international batsmen and bowlers have been a part of it," he added.
As the coronavirus outbreak has brought all sports activities to a halt, players are practising social distancing and self-isolation during the pandemic.
Earlier this year, BCCI decided to postpone the kickoff of the 13th edition of IPL due to the COVID-19 outbreak until further notice too.
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