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Xtra Time Web Desk: Former England captain Michael Vaughan expressed his admiration of Rohit Sharma’s leadership, after the later led Mumbai Indians to its fifth IPL title beating Delhi Capitals in the final on Tuesday at the Dubai International Stadium. The former Yorkshire captain was particularly impressed with Rohit’s man management skills as he guided the team throughout the tournament with his leadership. Vaughan feels the Mumbai batsman deserves to lead India in the T20I format as he certainly knows how to win T20 games. He supported his views by claiming that this would give Virat Kohli a chance to take a breather and just be the batsman.

"Without question, Rohit Sharma should be the Indian T20 captain .. fantastic man-manager & leader .. & he knows exactly how to win T20 games .. it would also give Virat a chance to take a breather and just be the player .. it works for all other teams around the world," Michael Vaughan tweeted after Rohit led MI to their 5th title in Dubai.

Rohit Sharma played a captain's knock (68 off 51) against Delhi Capitals to maintain his 100 percent record in IPL finals. The Hirtman is arguably the best captain in the history of the cash rich league as he has now led Mumbai Indians to its fourth IPL title. In addition Rohit’s record in T20 tournaments is ominous, winning 10 out of 11 finals in his career. Rohit has won the World T20 in 2007 with India, the Champions League 2013 with Mumbai Indians, Asia Cup in 2006 with India and the Nidahas Trophy in 2018. Rohit repeated the feat in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 to maintain his perfect record in the IPL final.