It was simply one other day in workplace, mentioned a nonchalant India skipper Rohit Sharma after his thirty second ODI century ended a chronic lean patch however acknowledged that the method of getting again amongst runs “is sort of tough” regardless that it “sounds quite simple”. Rohit blazed his strategy to a 90-ball 119 with 12 fours and 7 sixes to arrange India’s four-wicket win over England within the second ODI right here on Sunday, giving the hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match affair. Seeing Rohit smash a match-winning hundred, even his spouse Ritika Sajdeh shared an lovable Instagram story.
“This one hit straight right here (coronary heart emojis), wrote Ritika on Instagram, because the cricket world doffed its hat to Rohit’s heroics in Cuttack.
Ritika Sajdeh’s Instagram story for Rohit Sharma. #INDvsENGODI pic.twitter.com/T4XGtWjYEi
— Fringe of the Cricket (@edgeofcricket) February 9, 2025
“…when individuals have performed for quite a few years and scored so many runs through the years…which means one thing,” Rohit mentioned in a video shared by BCCI.
“I’ve performed this sport for a very long time now and I perceive what’s required of me. So, it is nearly going on the market and doing all of your issues and this was, what I did as we speak was, certainly one of my issues.” Rohit’s 119 was his first century in ODIs since October 2023, a interval throughout which the opening batter hit 5 fifties in 13 matches. Throughout codecs, this was his first century since March 2024 when he hit 104 towards England at Dharamsala.
“In my thoughts, it was nearly doing issues that I do, try to bat the way in which I do. I have been right here lengthy sufficient… one or two knocks shouldn’t be going to alter my thoughts and the way in which I bat. However (it was) simply one other day within the workplace,” the 37-year-old mentioned.
Rohit, nevertheless, admitted that regaining type regardless of realizing the strategies and methods, shouldn’t be all the time simple.
“When you’ve got scored so many, you’ve got accomplished one thing, proper? You simply must get again to that that mindset of you recognize, find out how to get runs,” he mentioned.
“(It) sounds quite simple, however it’s fairly tough. However in my thoughts, it was nearly having fun with and that’s what we play the game for, to benefit from the sport greater than the rest,” he defined.
Rohit’s lean patch, significantly in Assessments since October 2024 whereby he crossed fifty solely as soon as in eight video games towards Bangladesh, New Zealand and Australia, led to requires the India stalwart to ponder his future.
The often affable Mumbaikar has been combative in his response to such solutions. After Sunday’s blitzkrieg too, he asserted that his solely aim is to carry out on the sector and ignore the noise on the periphery.
With PTI Inputs
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