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How Auckland Test 2014 changed the Indian Test cricket not Adelaide Test 2014?

 Indian team is one of the best Test team and they are playing Test cricket with that mindset where they play for win not for drawn but this change doesn't came in 1-2 years, this change came in 2014 . But that change came in 2014 Auckland Test not in Adelaide Test 2014. In Auckland Test in the captaincy of MS Dhoni Indian team played an epic Test match where Indian team lost that match but that was the first step of change in mentality to play Test cricket. Many people hyped Adelaide Test because Virat Kohli who was the acting captain (later became new Test captain after MS Dhoni resignation) of Indian team in that match scored hundreds in both innings and also Indian media hyped very much. In Auckland Test Indian team were 300 behind after first innings and they had only two scenarios left, either give up or do fight and play for win. Newzealand were ahead of 300 Runs in that match after Indian team innings and Newzealand had a great chance to enforce follow-on to Indian team but...

How is Rohit Sharma changing the Indian cricket in International cricket?

 In cricket there is a term " Your captain should be the leader of your team not a dictator" and Rohit Sharma is a big example of this, he is not just a captain of team but also a leader of team. For youngster he is a big brother and for a senior player he is a friend, unlike other Indian captain he is not that type of captain who can take decisions without any consultation with team players but how is he changing the culture of Indian team in International cricket.  Showing aggression with performance  In cricket everyone always talk about aggression but for Rohit Sharma aggression means " all about your actions not about your reactions , the kind of batting you do and the kind of field placements you do, the kind of bowling you do " . Unlike other captains Rohit Sharma mindset is different and he always showed with his own performance what is the real meaning of performance, he is not that type of captain who will abuse and fight with other team players and he is ...