Rahul Dravid reveals why captain Rohit Sharma suddenly took aggressive mode as an opener

Former Indian head coach Rahul Dravid recently revealed the reason for the former Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's decision to change his batting strategy, which became a powerful opener to provide a fiery start in the powerplay.  

The former Indian captain Rahul Dravid became the head coach of the Indian national cricket team in November 2021. Under his coaching, India played the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, and ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit Sharma-led India exited from the Semi-finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, they finished as the runners-up in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, and won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 title. 

Captain Rohit Sharma had an important role in India's success under the coaching of Rahul Dravid, as the right-handed opening batter's super-aggressive batting generally provided powerful starts. 

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Rahul Dravid revealed the story of Rohit Sharma's batting style change

Recently, Dravid revealed that when India were feeling slightly behind in white-ball cricket, struggling to cope with run rates, captain Rohit Sharma took the responsibility immediately. As the over-aggressiveness could play a double-edged sword, with the risk of a negative effect on Rohit's batting average, the Indian skipper took complete responsibility and owned up to it on his way. 

I will do this: Rohit Sharma

Dravid said, according to Jain Sports, "There was a feeling that we were slightly behind in white-ball cricket and needed to push the envelope a little more. Run rates were going up, risk-taking was increasing, and we needed to adapt to that reality - What was brilliant was that Rohit took the lead immediately. He took responsibility for setting the tempo himself, rather than asking others to do it. When your leader stands up and says, ‘I will do this, even if it comes at the cost of my average or my personal numbers,’ it becomes much easier to pass that message through the team - I thought Rohit managed the transition into leadership really well. The team never felt that he had changed, and that is a rare and important quality in a leader."