Brendon McCullum, an England Test coach and former skipper for New Zealand, praised senior Indian players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their ICC Cricket World Cup performances. He expressed excitement about facing these two formidable players when England tours India in the following year. McCullum was in Bengaluru last week for the Leader’s Meet: India of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Innovation Lab, where he spoke to an assembly of international sports stakeholders.
“Yeah. I like his captaincy (Rohit Sharma’s captaincy). I think his captaincy is bold. He takes risks and he takes the game on. And when you add the talent base of India to these kinds of tactics, then he can achieve very good things. He has been a great leader for not just India but for Mumbai Indians over the years as well,” said McCullum to ANI about Rohit’s captaincy.
Speaking about Virat, McCullum said that Virat was always billed as a future superstar since his early days as a cricketer and he has lived upto that hype and dealt with the hopes and dreams of over a billion people over the years.
“Well, obviously Virat, I know him pretty well from my time at RCB and also playing against him. So look, he was always touted as a future superstar and he has lived up to, he has dealt with the hopes and the dreams of over a billion people and he has been able to perform on the big stage. He deserves every accolade that he gets,” said McCullum.
McCullum is excited for the tour to India as England’s Test coach, saying that it would be an amazing challenge for their side against a team that is unmatched in their home territory.