“I congratulate him on a wonderful career”: Dev on Rohit Sharma

Kapil Dev. Pic/PTI

Very few in India can claim to have played cricket and captained the national team like Rohit Sharma, said legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev after the batting maestro announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect.

The 38-year-old was India's most prolific Test batter in the second half of his career, scoring 4301 runs in 67 Tests with 12 hundreds and 18 half-centuries at an average of 40.57.

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"He did a wonderful job, played good cricket. Over the period of time, the way he conducted himself, the way he captained, and most importantly the way he played his cricket - because in India, very few played cricket like this," said Kapil.

"I congratulate him on a wonderful career."

Having already retired from T20Is after the World Cup last year, Rohit will now only be seen leading India in the ODI format.

Kapil said it's good that Rohit still has the hunger to play the 50-over game. "Everybody wants to play cricket - Sachin [Tendulkar], [Sunil] Gavaskar, everyone wanted to play. But again, this also depends on the selectors. It's good that he wants to play. Everyone wants to play the World Cup and win, but some things should be left to selectors."

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