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Secret behind India’s World Cup march: Rohit sprints, rest follow
Rohit Sharma and Co in action during the 2024 T20 World Cup. (AP/PTI)
Sometime before the start of the 2023 ODI World Cup, Rohit Sharma had enough of the old Indian way of playing white-ball cricket. In the dressing room, he addressed the seniors and “garden-mey-ghoomney” wale youngsters and told them that he is going on an all-out attack as an opener himself, preferring to inspire them through action.
The result was startling: the old-dawdle from the land that had ironically liberated batsmen from other countries through the IPL was gone, and a box-office hit followed that was soaked up adoring fans all around the country, so much so that there wasn’t any criticism when they failed in the final. (Read more from Sriram Veera)