“Seen Extra Downs Than Ups”: Rohit Sharma Takes Emotional Profession Dive

Because the Indian cricket workforce gears up for the T20 World Cup 2024 showdown, Rohit Sharma will as soon as once more don the captain’s hat and look to take his teammates all the best way within the marquee occasion. Named because the captain of the Indian workforce after Virat Kohli‘s exit as skipper, Rohit has finished effectively in main the workforce throughout codecs. However, it is the pursuit of an ICC title that continues to drive him. In a candid chat, Rohit opened up on his cricketing journey, giving insights into his ‘human facet’, that is still his driving power.

“The journey has been great, it has been 17 years; I nonetheless hope to play just a few extra years as effectively & make an affect in World cricket,” he stated on Dubai Eye 103.8. Talking concerning the captaincy accountability, the 37-year-old stated, “Captaining your nation is the largest honour which you could have, and for me, I’ve by no means thought that at the present time would arrive the place I will be captaining someday. However yeah, individuals say ‘Good issues occur to Good individuals.”

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Rohit has been with the Indian cricket workforce for lengthy however his flip to steer the nationwide facet solely got here a few years in the past. Whereas the Hitman has achieved rather a lot as a skipper in his Indian Premier League profession, he’s but to hit comparable milestones in worldwide cricket. However, what stays the identical for him is the imaginative and prescient of all the time holding the workforce in entrance.

“Once I took over as India Captain, I simply wished everybody to drive in a single path that is how workforce sport needs to be performed, it isn’t about private milestones & private stats & objectives, it’s about what all 11 of us can deliver to the desk & win the trophy,” Rohit asserted.

Rohit additionally spoke concerning the challenges he confronted in life and stated, “I’ve seen extra downs than ups in my life, and the human and particular person I’m at the moment is due to what I’ve seen up to now, and within the downs.”