5 reasons why India defeated Pakistan in Super Four

#3 Spectacular captaincy by Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has done a remarkable job as the captain of India in the few opportunities that he has got, even drawing praises from the likes of Sunil Gavaskar. On Sunday, he demonstrated his astute cricketing brain once again, being spot on with the bowling changes and the field placements.

Playing with four spinners, Sharma was mindful in making the most of their talents. Rohit did not bowl out the quota of Bhuvneshwar, Jadeja and Chahal just for the sake of doing it, as he solicited some contribution from Kedar Jadhav. At the same time, he did not overuse Jadhav since the situation did not demand anything extraordinary.

Rohit initiated the spin attack with Yuzvendra Chahal, who dismissed opener Imam-ul-Haq. Once Babar Azam was out in the middle, he attacked with Kuldeep Yadav who had dismissed him last time, to win a psychological advantage. Once Kuldeep got a wicket, he took him out of attack and asked the unsettled Pakistani middle order to play the highly accurate and in-form Ravindra Jadeja. On the arrival of Shoaib Malik, who is a good player of spin, he brought back his best pacer Bumrah on the attack.

In the death overs, when Bhuvi got hit for 22 runs in his over, Rohit was quick to adapt and handed the ball to Jasprit Bumrah, who made life extremely difficult for the batsmen.