Rohit, Suryakumar back Shreyas to succeed as T20I captain

India’s 2 astir caller T20 World Cup-winning captains — Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav — connected Saturday backed Shreyas Iyer to win arsenic India’s adjacent T20I captain, insisting that Mumbai cricket prepares players uniquely for enactment responsibilities.

Hours aft Shreyas was officially handed India’s T20I captaincy, some Rohit and Suryakumar utilized the T20 Mumbai signifier astatine the Wankhede Stadium to congratulate their Mumbai teammate.

“I americium very, precise blessed for Shreyas. I person played a batch of cricket with him present (in Mumbai),” Suryakumar said astatine the flip earlier starring Triumph Knights Mumbai North East against SOBO Mumbai Falcons.

“The astir important happening is that 3 back-to-back Mumbai captains person gone connected to pb India.”

Suryakumar’s remark underlined an progressively unsocial series successful Mumbai cricket — Rohit, followed by Suryakumar and present Shreyas progressing from captaining Mumbai to starring India successful the shortest format.

Rohit, the ambassador for T20 Mumbai, suggested that Mumbai cricket’s demanding ecosystem plays a large relation successful preparing captains for bigger responsibilities.

“Playing successful Mumbai, representing Mumbai teaches you a batch of things,” Rohit told the authoritative broadcaster. “If you inquire anyone who has captained India oregon Mumbai earlier us, they volition archer you the aforesaid thing.

“Nothing comes casual here. You person to truly gain it. Captaincy is besides thing that you person to gain and gain the respect of radical astir you and that is thing that each these guys have.”

Rohit besides backed some his successors, praising Suryakumar’s enactment stint and recalling the hard roadworthy that took him to planetary cricket.

“You person seen Surya pb India to the World Cup final. Shreyas has been announced arsenic the T20 skipper and I americium definite looking astatine however helium has captained his franchise successful the past fewer years, helium is going to person a bully clip arsenic well,” Rohit said.

“Nothing has travel easy, particularly for Surya. He made his India debut astatine 31. That means helium ne'er gave up. When the accidental came, helium grabbed it with some hands”.