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Mumbai-based cricketer Rohit Sharma made his international debut for India in 2006. Possessing good talent, he was given too many chances in the middle order in the early stages and struggled a lot to settle down. However, the then captain MS Dhoni, who had observed his talent in the 2007 T20 World Cup final innings, made the brilliant decision to replace Sehwag and Gambhir after the 2011 World Cup to create the next generation and make him the opener in the 2013 Champions Trophy.
Until then, he has been working as an umpire and has made full use of it and turned into an outsider and has emerged as India’s superstar by accumulating numerous achievements, runs and victories, including 3 double centuries in ODI cricket and 5 centuries in the 2019 single World Cup. And after 2019, he made a footprint in Test cricket as well, winning 5 trophies in the IPL series, and today he has seen tremendous growth to become the captain of all 3 types of Indian team. Also, he made his debut in T20 cricket in 2007 against England, and today he holds the world record as the batsman who has played the most matches and scored the most runs in international T20 cricket.
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6 Trainers:
But in cricket that is always full of surprises, let’s take a look at 6 ex-players who made their T20 international debuts after Rohit Sharma and retired before him to coach today:
1. Lakshmipati Balaji: Although he hails from Tamil Nadu and became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in IPL cricket, he made his debut for India in 2012 and played only 5 T20 matches. However, he missed out on opportunities due to continuous underperformance and retired early and is currently working as the bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings team.
2. Parthiv Patel: Dhoni played as a wicket keeper in all 3 types of cricket for India and did not get opportunities because he did not get opportunities. He made his debut in T20 cricket in 2011 and played only 2 matches.
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However, he retired from international cricket in 2018 after working modestly and has now been appointed as the batting coach of the Mumbai management’s MI Emirates team formed in Dubai.
3. Vinay Kumar: He made his debut in T20 cricket for India last year in 2013 and was dropped with 9 matches due to his poor performance in domestic cricket.
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After losing the opportunity to play for India, he has been working as a coach in local cricket after retirement and has now been appointed as the bowling coach of the MI Emirates team.
2. Ashish Nehra: One of India’s most talented fast bowlers, he made his T20 debut in 2009 and retired after playing 27 matches in 2017, including the 2016 T20 World Cup. After retirement, he coached IPL teams like Bengaluru and got ridiculed for not winning the trophy.This year, he coached Gujarat.
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Gujarat won the trophy in the first year under his leadership, while his coaching, which was kind to the players by telling them to plan on plain paper, eat and sleep peacefully, impressed the fans. Through this he also created the record of becoming the first Indian head coach in the history of IPL to win the trophy.
1. Rahul Dravid: He is the highest run-scorer in India after legendary Sachin Tendulkar and is mostly known as a Test specialist batsman and made his T20 debut against England in the last years of his career. While that was his last T20 match, he retired in 2012 after scoring 32 runs including a hat-trick of six.
After retiring as the coach of the Under-19 India team since 2016, he has been working as India’s head coach supporting Rohit Sharma, who took over as the full-time captain since last year.
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