India veteran Rohit Sharma brushed aside the speculation surrounding his retirement and immediate future after the ODI series against England. The 39-year-old found himself on the centre of attention following a disappointing outing within the second ODI at Cardiff.
Reports had claimed that the England series might be Rohit’s last in international cricket, with the Lord’s ODI being projected as a possible farewell. Nonetheless, the experienced opener answered those claims with a powerful century within the series decider, although India eventually fell 27 runs short of their chase of 388.
Speaking in regards to the speculation surrounding his future, Rohit said after the England series (via BCCI.TV):
“My job is with the bat, represent my country and the team. I’ve been told to do this since my debut and that’s what I’m going to do going forward. The noise, since I made him debut was there. And till the time I’m going to remain here, it’s all the time going to be there.”
He further added:
“So it doesn’t really matter an excessive amount of and what matters is what I do on the sphere. My focus is barely to contribute to the success of the team. Let the noise be there. If there isn’t any noise, there isn’t any fun. My job is inside and their job is outside. That’s how I have a look at it.”
Rohit became the primary Indian batter to attain an ODI century at Lord’s, putting the speculation surrounding his immediate future to rest.
“It Was Good to Share the Crease With Him” – Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma reflected on his productive partnership with Virat Kohli through the third ODI against England at Lord’s. The experienced pair stitched together a fluent 113-run stand for the second wicket in only 86 balls, keeping India firmly within the chase of the daunting goal.
Nonetheless, Rohit’s dismissal for an excellent 138 proved to be a turning point, because the remaining batters struggled to keep up the required scoring rate and India eventually fell short.
“We’ve played our entire profession together. It was nice to have him in the center and it’s all the time fun batting together. We understand one another a lot and it’s all the time nice bouncing off ideas in the center. So we had quite a lot of conversations in between once we were batting,” said Rohit (via the aforementioned source).
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