For Team India new skipper Rohit Sharma, it's all about assurance for players

Team Indiarsquos new T20 captain Rohit Sharma is set to ring in a shift to address the issue of insecurity over places in the playing XIUnlike his predecessor Virat Kohli who often tinkered with the playing XI Rohit believes in giving players a longer rope and instilling confidence in his troops to do the jobldquoItrsquos one of the important aspects of the T20 format where people have the assurance of taking chances in the middle If it comes off it comes off If it doesnrsquot then what happens Thatrsquos where both of us new head coach Rahul Dravid will need to play a huge role in giving an individual that assurance of going out and expressing himselfrdquo said Rohit while addressing a virtual press conference on Tuesday indicating that players no longer have to sweat over keeping their spot lsquoPlay fearlesslyrsquoldquoItrsquos important especially in this format Sometimes you just need to go out there and play fearlessly and while doing that chances are that you might not always be successful because itrsquos a short format and yoursquore always challenged The pressure is always there We certainly will keep an eye on that aspect Thatrsquos where the entire setup will play a big partmdashwherever that individual bats and how we want him to batmdashgoes and does the job for usldquoIf he doesnrsquot then we instill confidence in himmdashwe have full faith in you just go and do the role for the team As long as theyrsquore trying to do the role for the team we are happyrdquo Rohit said ahead of the threeT20I series against T20 World Cup finalists New Zealand from JaipurTeam India failed to qualify for the knockout round of the justconcluded T20 World Cup in the UAERohit and coach Dravid take fresh guard as they kick off preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia next yearThe Mumbaikar also stressed on the importance of having specific roles for every player ldquoItrsquos important because in the Indian team when you compare it to Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 or the IPL as these are the only two T20 tournaments our players play they play differently in Syed Mushtaq Ali and in the IPL And when they come here in the Indian team they have a different role to play We strictly want to assign the role that we want them to play here and for that it may take a while But for us giving them that longer rope giving them the confidence is important We are starting afresh after the T20 World Cup We have some ideas and thoughts for this series v New Zealand and we will take it from thererdquo he saidSuccess templateRohit is keen to create his own success template for Team India rather than copying someone elsersquos ldquoWe need to set the template right India have been brilliant in this format itrsquos just that we have not won the ICC tournament but we played well as a team There are little holes we need to fill and make sure that things are looked after That will be the biggest challenge There are holes in every team the way you fill those is what matters I am not going to say that we have to follow a certain teamrsquos template We just have to create our own template and what is best for our teamrdquo he saidVIEW PHOTOS Hardik Pandya A sneak peek into the stylish cricketers personal life