India's limited-overs vice-captain and opener, Rohit Sharma, said he is really enjoying what he feels is the best phase of his life, where runs on the field have coincided with the much-cherished change of becoming a father off it.
Rohit, who is regarded among the finest batsmen in the world, had an outstanding 2019. He not only ended the ODI World Cup in UK as the top-run getter with five hundreds, but also made a brilliant start opening the innings in Test cricket.
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The 33-year-old feels it's the change in overall outlook towards the game, realising it's only a part of his life, has certainly helped him perform better.
"Yeah you can say that probably the best time of my life in terms of what I do on and off the field. Enjoying each and every moment provided in front of me. The sport is something that once you start enjoying you feel so relaxed and comfortable in whatever you do," Rohit said on India Today's show 'Inspiration'.
"I have started enjoying all that a lot more. I was taking too much pressure earlier thinking about my game a lot than I should be thinking. Everything was overboard so I wanted to balance all that out."
Rohit was recently given the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, country's highest sporting honour. He believes a positive and relaxed attitude, apart from enormous ability, has taken him to where he is right now.
"I started thinking that going overboard is not going to take me anywhere. I thought I needed to do a lot more, was forgetting the basics of cricket, and I was focussed a lot more on the technical faults in my batting," he said.
"But it was all about going out and having fun as well that's why I think the first-half of my career was all about taking pressure and going through tough times. Not doing the right things, not being disciplined about how I wanted to bat."
"At some point you have to go away from all that and start enjoying the game more. While I was doing all of that, I was not enjoying the game that much. I forgot how to enjoy the game. It was my own realisation that got me to think. It's your own battle that you have to fight and find ways to do it," he added.
