Rohit Sharma: Team India had to face defeat against Australia in the final of ODI World Cup 2023. After that defeat, the players of Team India were completely broken. At that time Rohit Sharma was the captain of Team India. Rohit Sharma told that after that defeat against Australia, he was so broken from within that he had decided to quit cricket. Rohit was about to retire after that defeat.
I had risked everything in that World Cup – Rohit Sharma
Recently, during an event, Rohit Sharma spoke openly about the defeat in that final match. Rohit said that after that defeat everyone was very sad and we could not believe that we had lost. Personally, it was a very difficult time for me because I had put everything at stake in that World Cup, not just two-three months ago, but I was thinking about this World Cup ever since I took over the captaincy in 2022.
Rohit Sharma had decided to retire
He further said that after the defeat in Ahmedabad, I honestly felt that I did not want to play cricket any more. I had given everything for that World Cup. When we lost, I felt that there was nothing left in my body and mind. It seemed as if this game had taken away all my energy from me. After that I was not able to feel anything. It took me several months to get over it.
How did Rohit Sharma come out of the sorrow of that defeat?
Rohit said that I think when you get so engrossed in something and do not get the desired result, then it is natural for this to happen and the same happened with me after that defeat. But I also knew that life does not end here. This was a big lesson for me on how to come out of such situations. How to reset yourself and start fresh. I knew something else was coming, the 2024 T20 World Cup was coming and I had to focus all my attention on that. This is very easy to say now, but at that time it was very difficult.
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