“The Calmness He Has…”: Cameron Green Doffs Hat To ‘Captain’ Rohit Sharma

Australia all-rounder Cameron Green hopes to deliver the calmness of Rohit Sharma into his recreation, having spent a high quality time with the India captain within the Mumbai Indians dugout in IPL this yr. Green, with 452 runs and 6 wickets, performed a key position in MI’s marketing campaign this season beneath Rohit’s captaincy, although the five-time champions had been ultimately knocked out in Qualifier 2.

“The calmness he (Rohit) has out in the middle is so evident,” Green instructed ICC forward of the World Test Championship Final towards India at The Oval, beginning June 7.

“He’s obviously been there and done that for 10 years. To be out there with him and just talk through a situation was awesome.

“My position was making an attempt to be aggressive after which he clearly confirmed methods to go about it, whether or not it was attacking spin, attacking tempo, type of choosing your bowler in a method,” the 24-year-old added.

Green joined the Australia side late and made his first appearance at training session on Thursday.

While the Mumbai teammates will now be WTC Final foes, Green can turn to what he learnt from the India skipper throughout the IPL and during their crucial century partnership against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final IPL league game when they meet in the red-ball showdown.

Gearing up for the marquee clash, Green believes in-form Virat Kohli is definitely going to a big threat.

“Virat Kohli. I feel he all the time tries to be the person to face up in massive moments,” he said.

“A World Test Championship is clearly a large second, so I look ahead to that.” Green feels there won’t be any problem for him to switch gears from T20 format to Test cricket.

“There is nothing like Test cricket while you’re type of out within the center,” he said.

“Obviously your nerves are operating actually excessive. I feel the very best gamers are the very best ones which can be capable of deal with that.”

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)