<a href="https://cricket.international/ajinkya-rahane-backs-rohit-sharma-amid-retirement-speculation/" title="Ajinkya Rahane backs Rohit Sharma amid retirement speculation”>Rohit Sharma will be taking the field against West Indies in the 1st ODI at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Ahead of that, he broke his silence on his ODI World Cup participation, and now, in a video uploaded from his show Family Full House, he shared the painful story of the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The former India captain, despite all the speculation about his retirement after the final ODI against England at Lord’s, dismissed all of it, as he has been named in the Indian squad for the three-match series against the West Indies National Cricket Team. He would like to keep his momentum going in the series, as in his last innings he scored a hundred.
“I don’t even want to remember 2023”: Rohit Sharma on ODI World Cup 2023
In the Family Full House show on Sony TV, Rohit was asked about the emotions that he showed after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 along with Virat Kohli, as the two hugged and they were emotional.
Replying, he said that they came close from 2015 to 2024 but failed, and he also mentioned the 2023 ODI World Cup final, as he wants to delete the date 19th November.
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“From 2015 to 2024, we were running after that World Cup. We came close many times, but we couldn’t win. We came very close in 2015. We came close in 2019. I don’t even want to remember 2023. I want to forget 19th November.”
Why does Rohit Sharma not want to remember the 2023 ODI World Cup?
Coming to the 2023 ODI World Cup part, under Rohit Sharma, the Men in Blue performed brilliantly throughout the tournament, with the kind of atmosphere the whole team had during the tournament, as they looked unbeatable, as the whole unit was on song throughout the tournament.
India were undefeated for 10 matches until the final, as they lost to Australia in the final in India at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. It was one of the most heartbreaking moments for the whole team, especially for Rohit and Virat, who had a stellar tournament in that year.
Rohit Sharma explains feelings of winning T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit Sharma stated that they were chasing the World Cup as they came close twice in 2015 and 2019, when they lost both in the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup against Australia and New Zealand, respectively. So, mentioning the 2024 T20 World Cup final, he revealed that it was going to be his last, along with Virat Kohli, as both agreed on the same.
Rohit Sharma said, “But after that, the six months we had, I knew that the T20 World Cup of 2024 would be my last. And Virat and I had agreed not to play T20 after that. That’s why we were so emotional.”
“Because we had run so much for that World Cup. And finally, when you got it, at that time, we didn’t know what to do. Whatever was happening in front of us, we were just reacting to that.”
Source: cricketaddictor.com
