Self-made captain Rohit Sharma opens up: ‘Whatever I have created today, it’s because of myself… I didn’t expect anything from anyone’
For someone who overhauled his game on his own, course-corrected, and has become India captain, Rohit Sharma has a couple of regrets. (PHOTO: PTI)
Rohit Sharma is about 11 years old, staring angrily at a group of boys. Behind him, a couple of his teammates have fled. Rohit hears their panicked departure, but stands his ground, still angry at the opponents for brazenly cheating during their cricket game.
“I remember saying it isn’t fair what you guys did.” Outnumbered, he was whacked. “At that time, I would do a lot of maara-maari over this and that.” But he was “scared” to go home with a bruised face. “What will my uncles and grandparents say?”
Next day, one of his uncles went head-hunting. “He got hold of each one of them, and we gave it back!” Rohit laughs now. “It was important to let everyone know that you can’t cheat and fight like that na, bhai!” (READ MORE)