Rohit Sharma: Needed to change our approach after 2021 T20 World Cup disaster

A disastrous campaign in the last T20 World Cup has forced the Indian team to bring about a radical change in its attitude and approach skipper Rohit Sharma has saidRohit is now gearing up to lead the Indian side in the upcoming edition of the T20 showpiece in Australia but before that they have the Asia Cup to deal withSpeaking on Star Sports show Follow the Blues Rohit said Weve made it very clear after the T20 World Cup in Dubai where we didnt qualify for the finals that we felt there needed to be a change in our attitude and approach in how we play our gameIndia will enter the Asia Cup as defending championsWith Team India adopting a more aggressive batting style in the past few months Rohit spoke about how the squad is getting ready for the upcoming challengesIf the message is clear from the captain and the coach about where the team is trying to head then the individuals will definitely try to do that For that to happen they need freedom and clarity and thats what we are trying to do We are trying to give them as much freedom as possibleWhen asked about his experience of captaining a team with so many young leaders Rohit said I know its very exciting honestly to create so many leaders around the team because its always a good signAnd you want the guys to handle the pressure who understand the game and know each other really well And when they are leading the team all these things can happenIndia have had six different captains in the past eight months owing to a combination of factorsAlso Read CWG 2022 A look at Indias medal tally and schedule ahead of Day 10I think its very important to have that leadership but obviously you know we play the IPL and its a 10team tournament So there will be 10 captains which at some stage will be a part of the Indian team as wellYou know I think its fantastic because honestly my job is much lesser as these guys understand everything pretty well So its just about if someones having a thought how am I going to back up that thought For me as captain that is my role and that is what Im trying to do he saidLooking ahead Rohit mentioned that the role of coach Rahul Dravid is vital for the Indian teamWith Rahul bhai I have played some games with him as he was my first captain when I made my ODI debut So obviously we have some kind of understanding I have spent a lot of time in the NCA when I was injured and he was thereWe had regular chats happening all the time and he was closely following my game as well he saidThe Hitman also spoke about the importance of having a coach whose vision and belief aligns with the teamWhen he Dravid became a coach here we met and sat together in a room for a while and decided how we want to take this thing forward and he was pretty much on the same thought process as to what I was thinkingThat made it a little easier for me to give out a clear message to the boys because we dont want to create confusion among the group and of course we wanted him to change the style of cricket as wellWe wanted to play a certain way in all three formats and he was ready to accept all of thatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever