Former cricketer Salman Butt, who was leading the Pakistan team at the time of the scandal, was given the most jail time – 30 months because he was the “organizer of this activity”. (image: twitter)
Butt, a veteran of 78 ODIs and 33 Tests, also backed Rohit’s comment that “players are not machines” and that they need rest to perform well.
India’s national men’s cricket team’s newly appointed head coach Rahul Dravid and the country’s T20I captain Rohit Sharma appear for their first joint press conference on the eve of the first T20I match of the three-match series vs New Zealand. During their conference, the two addressed a number of issues. However, the biggest advantage of his pre-match presentation was the emphasis on managing the workload of the players to keep them fresh for various tournaments. Rohit and Dravid influenced many people with their opinion and one of them was the former Pakistan captain Salman Butt.
In a recent video shared on his YouTube channel, Butt analyzed Rohit and Rahul’s press conference and praised the Indian captain for his straightforwardness while answering questions from the press. He also praised India’s ODI and Test captain. Virat Kohli Before giving credit to two-time World Cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for integrating these values into the Men in Blue.
“That’s what I like in him (Rohit) and (Virat) Kohli to a great extent. Things haven’t changed since Dhoni (named captain). They talk straight and give the right answers,” Butt said.
Butt, a veteran of 78 ODIs and 33 Tests, also backed Rohit’s comment that “players are not machines” and that they need rest to perform well.
Butt insisted, “Players need to rest so that they can come back stronger and do what is expected of them.”
Meanwhile, Dravid and Rohit started their new stint as T20I captains and coaches on a high note as India beat 2021 t20 world cup In the first T20I, New Zealand reached the final by five wickets.
With this win, India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. The second match of the current series will be held in Ranchi on Friday and after that Team India will visit Kolkata for the last T20 match.
The three-match T20I series will be followed by a two-match Test series between India and New Zealand.
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