Rohit Sharma is one of the best white-ball openers in the world and has numerous records to his name. The limited-overs vice-captain of India opened up on his emotions after the World Cup 2011 snub.
Rohit was one of the most talented and sought-after players ever since he arrived at the international scene in 2007. Talking about being left out of the 2011 World Cup squad, he said that it was one of the worst moments of his international career.
The batsman blamed himself for the snub and said that it was probably because he had not prepared well for the tournament.
“It was the worst time. I was quite desperate to get into the team and do something for the team at that point. You know you would be playing in front of your home crowd. I knew we had the best chance of winning the World Cup.
Wanted to be part of that and make a difference. Somewhere down the line, I blame myself for it. I don’t want to blame anyone for it. It is just that I did not have a great run may be slightly before that,” Rohit Sharma told Dinesh Karthik in an interview for Sky Sports.
Rohit further said that he believes in looking at positives and took the setback to improve his game and become a better person.
“That kind of setback was needed to improve myself, to understand my game better. Everyone wants to be part of the World Cup but, in a way, it did good to me. I came back as a different person. I started learning more about my batting and what I need to do from hereon. I changed everything - my mindset and a little bit of technical aspect of my game as well.” he followed up.
Rohit Sharma currently has over 9000 runs in ODIs and close to 3000 runs in T20Is, making him one of the greatest openers in the shorter formats of the current generation.
