Irfan Pathan showered praise on Rohit Sharma for changing the mindset of Indian Cricket Team. He also claimed that Rohit would have been India's most successful captain had he won the WTC and Cricket World Cup in 2023.

India won their first ICC event in 11 years after beating South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Saturday, June 29.

While speaking on Star Sports, Pathan lauded Rohit as captain.

"If you ask Rohit Sharma after winning the World Cup trophy whether he can fly, he will say he can fly and jump from anywhere because he has changed Indian cricket in many ways. You have the great Kapil Dev as a fantastic leader who actually made us believe that we can win the World Cup. We had Sourav Ganguly, who made an impact on Indian cricket in a big way," he said.

Irfan also added that had Rohit's team won the World Test Championship in June, 2023 and The Cricket World Cup in November 19th, 2023 Rohit Sharma would've been the best captain, Indian team ever had.

"We had MS Dhoni, the most successful Indian captain ever, but whenever you will talk about Rohit Sharma, you will say he was one of the most successful Indian captains. Imagine, if he had won the WTC trophy, the 50-over World Cup trophy, and the T20 World Cup now, he would have been the most successful Indian captain ever," the former India all-rounder added.

"Apart from those laurels where he took the Indian team to the finals, and now crossing the finish line, the kind of impact he had as a cricketer, he actually was the captain who walked the talk. He said he wanted to change how the Indian team plays T20 cricket," he observed.