New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin has said that India's aggressive batting style in recent years is the gift of the former captain Rohit Sharma and former head coach Rahul DravidEffect of.The former India off-spinner said that both of them emphasized on a fast-scoring approach in limited-overs cricket and he himself followed the same approach, which helped in changing the mentality of the team in T20Is and ODIs.
Ashwin said on his YouTube channel 'Aash Ki Baat', “As a captain, Rohit has always left his mark by showing the team what he wants from the team. The transformational batting that India has gone through in T20 cricket and ODI cricket – the way we bat fast – a lot of credit goes to Rohit and Rahul bhai.”He showed the way, Rahul bhai said this is the way we have to play and Rohit showed the way, created the way and ultimately it changed the way India looked at batting. “It's not batting average, it's purely strike rate in white-ball cricket,” he said.According to Ashwin, India moved to a more proactive plan under the leadership of Rohit and Dravid after the disappointing ICC results. This approach was visible during the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, where the team aggressively led the league stage, and again during the 2024 T20 World Cup title wins in the Caribbean and the USA.with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Ashwin, who is now playing only ODI cricket after retiring from T20 and Test cricket, said fans should value the time he has left in international cricket.“I will say one thing, how much time do we have to watch and enjoy the batting of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, please do that because once they do, we might hear things like 'Oh, what a player he was! Please bring him back'. It's not a big deal to me.”He said, “No matter how long they play, let us celebrate them as long as they are playing. Like I said, life moves very fast. Time waits for no one. It is very important that we realize that time is short. So it is better that we enjoy whatever they are doing.”
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