Last Updated: August 14, 2023, 13:38 IST
Rohit Sharma is looking forward to playing ODI World Cup in India. (AFP Photo)
Rohit Sharma was responding to a series of ‘tough’ questions during a chat with the ICC.
India captain Rohit Sharma has built quite a reputation for giving interesting responses to controversial queries. During a Q&A with the ICC in the lead up to the ODI World Cup, Rohit was asked several ‘tough’ questions and he aced them with clever and hilarious responses.
The 1983 ODI World Cup is widely accepted as a major milestone in the history of Indian sports. India, the underdogs, defeated two-time defending champions West Indies to win their first ever world title and they repeated the feat in 2011, becoming the first ever team to win the tournament at home.
When asked to pick between the two titles, Rohit replied, “Tough one, honestly, I would prefer both actually.”
And then he asked whether he would prefer facing Mitchell Starc of Shaheen Afridi, both left-arm pacers.
Rohit, who in the clip said he prefers facing pacers over spinners, responded, “None, both are quality, quite threatening with the new ball, can swing the ball, quite fast. So I would say none.”
Rohit who prefers pull shot over cover drive, was then asked which of his teammates out of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ishan Kishan he prefers sitting with in the team bus.
Again, he said, ‘None’.
Why? He gave a hilarious explanation.
“Before I go to the game, I want calm, I want peace. None of these guys bring any of those. So none,” Rohit said.
Speaking to ICC recently, Rohit spoke about the disappointment of missing the cut in India’s squad for the 2011 ODI World Cup and how he decided to not watch the tournament initially.
“2011 was a memorable one for all of us, I remember watching it from home, every single match, every single ball which was being bowled and that was being played. There were two kinds of emotions, one was obviously I was not a part of it, so I was a little disappointed,” Rohit told ICC.
“I decided I was not going to watch the World Cup, but again, the second memory I remember was that India was playing so well, quarter-finals onwards. You know, the big quarter-final was against Pakistan. I know how the pressure is on all these players when playing these games. I can only imagine the pressure what each player must have gone through at that time, and then the semi-finals against Australia,” he added.
