World Cup 2023 / Rohit-Virat will have to fight their own battle? know how

World Cup 2023: 2 April 2011. The World Cup final was between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium. The Indian team had a target of 275 runs. Sachin's home ground, waiting for the World Cup win for 28 years… everything was very special. But the faces of the cricket fans paled when first Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got out in quick succession. Only 31 runs were added on the scoreboard and both these batsmen were sitting in the pavilion. Sachin was out after scoring 18 runs. But even in such a pressurized match, the Indian team did not disintegrate. Every player played his role well. Gautam Gambhir remained at the crease. Virat Kohli supported him. When Virat left, Mahendra Singh Dhoni took charge. When Gambhir was out, Yuvraj Singh came. Ultimately the Indian team created history in the 49th over. Sachin's dream came true. In a career spanning more than two decades, Sachin Tendulkar's name was on almost every page of the record book. If he had nothing then the World Cup. In 2011, the players together gave him the gift of the World Cup.

Sachin was carried on the shoulders by the players during the 'Victory Lap' after the match. Now come to 2023. No one may say it officially but it is certain that this is the last World Cup of the three big players of Indian cricket at present. These three players are Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and R Ashwin. If the history of 2011 is to be repeated in 2023, will they have to fight their own battles?

Rohit's case is different from Virat-Ashwin's

Rohit Sharma's case is different compared to Virat Kohli and R Ashwin. Rohit Sharma was not a part of the Indian team in the 2011 World Cup. Whereas both Virat and Ashwin were part of the 2011 World Cup winning team. In this respect, there is no deficiency in his career which is there in the career of Rohit Sharma. Let us remind you that in the 2011 World Cup, Rohit Sharma was dropped from the team at the very last moment. At that time, the captain of the Indian team was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni wanted another spinner to be a part of the team in the World Cup. That is why the selectors had to give preference to Piyush Chawla instead of Rohit Sharma. Piyush Chawla played only 3 matches in the 2011 World Cup but Rohit had to sit out. It is also interesting that later Rohit Sharma's stature became very big. Rohit Sharma became the most successful captain of IPL. He has won this title five times so far. He also has many cricket records in his account. But he also does not have a World Cup…the question is who will fulfill his dream? Even today there is no shortage of star players

There is no dearth of star players in the current Indian team also. There are big names in batting like Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul. Among all-rounders there is Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. There is a strong bowling attack led by Jasprit Bumrah. That means, if the team was full of stars in 2011, then the same applies to today's team as well. Of the current players whose names we have taken, each one is such a player who can single-handedly change the match. These players just need that 'extra motivation' which was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit Sharma is also very popular as a captain. There are many players in the team who play with him in franchise cricket i.e. IPL. In such a situation, many players would like to gift the World Cup to Rohit Sharma. Rohit has just crossed the age of 36. After four years he will turn 40. In such a situation, this World Cup is also his last.

Well Rohit is very capable in his own right

Well, the interesting thing is that whether anyone else is 'motivated' or not, Rohit Sharma is very 'motivated' regarding the 2023 World Cup. Recently he said in an interview that he wants to go back to the zone of 2019. He wants to remember how he thought, how he behaved, what kind of person he was in 2019. Rohit Sharma wants to do this because he was in amazing form in 2019. In 2019, Rohit Sharma scored the highest score of 648 runs in the tournament. This included five centuries. Rohit Sharma's average was 81. These were such figures which are difficult to believe. The biggest difference between 2019 and 2023 is that Rohit Sharma did not have the pressure of captaincy then. Then this responsibility was with Virat Kohli. Now Rohit Sharma has to take command of the team along with his batting. Along with this, he also has to manage those dreams which he must have seen after becoming an international cricketer. Dreaming of being called a world champion player…