- The Indian love for anything associated with cricket is well known. It’s no wonder that the popularity, following, reach, and interest for the game in India is humongous. To ensure the popularity of sport spreads around the nook and corner of the country and beyond, some of the stalwart cricketers’ jaw-dropping performances and contributions to making cricket what it is now are worth reminiscing about. Remember, cricket in India transcended phenomenally when Kapil Dev led Team India to win the 50-over Prudential World Cup in 1983 in England. The win propelled the game’s reach to stratospheric levels in India, leading to thousands of young cricketers taking the sport seriously, helping gain immeasurable popularity within the country.
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- Indian cricket has seen some of the world-renowned superstars emerge by plying their immense talent in the short format. Kapil Dev himself, Mohinder Amarnath, Sandeep Patil, Roger Binny, Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, just to name a few. Now, the Indian cricket fans are aware of the exploits of other stalwarts mentioned in the list. Of the lot, Rohit Sharma, as a destructive batter right at the top, is indisputable in terms of having an impact on the overall outcome of the sport. Most importantly, Rohit Sharma, the captain of the ODI team, has also had an impactful presence in furthering the cause of Indian cricket.
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- The most common features of Rohit Sharma’s evolution as a great 50-over batter are the way he went about setting the tone of the Indian batting right from the word go. His sanguine elegance, immaculate timing, and effortless attacking instincts, alongside the ability to tear apart any bowling attack on the day upfront, ensured Indian batting was always blessed with great starts. The day he was bestowed with the leadership role of Team India, his batting not only took off to another level altogether but also provided great impetus to the overall development of the team. Whoever watched the 2023 50-over World Cup would have noticed how selflessly Rohit batted at the start of the innings with attacking stroke play, taking on the opposition bowlers head-on.
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- Despite reaching the finals of the World Cup without losing a single match, Team India failed to cross the last hurdle against the eventual champions, Australia, who went on to lift the much-coveted trophy yet again. It was a really heartbreaking moment for Rohit, the team, and the whole country, failing to go the distance. However, Team India could reclaim some of the sheen courtesy of our twin triumphs in the T20 World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy under the expert stewardship of Rohit. Having retired from the T20Is and Tests, Rohit was not expected to continue helming the fortunes of Team India in the 50-over format. He has been relieved as captain now. Let’s acknowledge Rohit’s immense contribution as a 50-over ODI captain by applauding the man.
