Rohit Sharma Breaks Sourav Ganguly's Major ICC Captaincy Record

Rohit Sharma Breaks Sourav Ganguly's ICC Captaincy Record: Indian captain further improved his record as the leader of the Indian cricket team in ICC events.

Rohit Sharma (right) Breaks Sourav Ganguly's Major ICC Captaincy Record. ( Image Source :X/@mufaddal_vohra )

Rohit Sharma Breaks Sourav Ganguly's ICC Captaincy Record: India have secured a place in the Super Eight stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. The Men in Blue did not drop a game in New York, registering wins in each of their matches against Ireland, Pakistan and United States so far. They have a group stage match remaining as they will take on Canada in Florida on June 15. Irrespective of the result of the last match though, India will forge into the next round of the competition.

Captain Rohit Sharma further improved his record as the leader of the Indian cricket team in ICC events. Being spot on with his bowling changes and tactical calls, India managed to defend 119 against arch-rivals Pakistan. In other matches too, he was brilliant as a leader as India managed to remain undefeated.

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MS Dhoni Most Successful Captain Of India In ICC Events

The three wins on trot in the ongoing ICC event has helped him surpass Sourav Ganguly to become the second most successful captain of India in ICC events. While Ganguly had led India to wins in 16 out of 22 matches, Rohit, under whom India won 10 matches in a row on their way to the final against Australia where they lost in the ODI World Cup 2023, now has 17 wins out of 20 matches in ICC events.

Rohit is now only behind MS Dhoni in terms of most wins as captain in ICC events. Dhoni, the only skipper in the world to have won all three ICC titles, led India to wins in 41 matches in ICC events in a total of 58 matches where he captained. Virat Kohli, Kapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin are the other captains who feature in the top five list with 13 out of 19 wins, 11 out of 15 wins and 11 out of 25 wins respectively.