The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is getting praised a lot as his team defeated England by 4-1 in the recently concluded 5-match test series and Rohit Sharma was superb not just as a skipper but as a batter as well.
However, Indian spinner Ravichandran Aswhin has some more reasons to praise his skipper and they are not related to sports at all. While speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin talked about the time when he had to leave for Chennai during the Rajkot test match midway because his mother was ill.
Though the spinner joined the team back a little later, recently he opened up on how he was supported by Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid in tough times. R Ashwin stated, “I asked how she was and if she was conscious. The doctor apparently told me that she was not in a position to be seen. I started tearing up. I was searching for a flight but I couldn’t get one. The Rajkot airport closes down at 6 as there are no flights from there after 6. I didn’t know what to do. Rohit (Sharma) and Rahul (Dravid) Bhai came to my room and Rohit literally asked me to stop thinking and leave to be there with my family. And he was trying to arrange a charter flight for me.”
He added, “Kamlesh, the team physio, is a very good friend of mine. Rohit told him to fly with me to Chennai and be with me but I convinced him to stay back. When I went down, the security and Kamlesh were already there, waiting. Kamlesh got a call from Rohit on our ride towards the airport, checking up on me and literally asking him to be with me during this tough time. It was 9:30 at night. I was just gobsmacked. I cannot even think about it. The two people there were the only ones that I could talk. What if nobody was there? I just thought, even if I were a captain, I’d tell my players to go back home. No second thoughts about it. But will I be calling people to check up on him? I don’t know. Unbelievable. I saw an outstanding leader in Rohit Sharma that day.”
Ravichandran Ashwin is impressed with the gesture shown by Rohit Sharma and he shared some more words of praise for Hitman, “I’ve played under several captains and leaders, Rohit has something in him, for his good heart only. He’s won 5 IPL titles, on par with Dhoni.”
He further said, “God doesn’t give it easy. He should get something bigger than all that, which God will give him. In such a selfish society, a man who thinks about someone else’s well-being is a rarity. My respect for him grew tremendously after that. I already had respect for him as a leader, he backs a player without question until the last moment. It’s not an easy thing. Even Dhoni does that. But he takes 10 steps more.”
Rohit Sharma is certainly someone on whom the youngsters can look up to, what do you say?
