Mumbai: What if Rohit Sharma is a man who is easily satisfied? What if he keeps telling himself that he already has everything he wants and what he must do now is playing a few years of good white ball cricket, maybe winning one or two IPL titles, and gladly retired.
You can’t blame it.
Three double-hundreds in one day cricket made it one of the most prominent batsmen ever existed.
Five IPL titles made it one of the best T20 captains.
With all the wealth offered by Cricket India, and for someone who led the most beautiful franchise of IPL, Rohit could settle for a clear one.
He did not have to block 140-plus KMPH Darts from Cummins, no need to open his brain facing Anderson.
The IPL will come, followed by the T20 World Cup, another IPL, another T20 World Cup, another IPL, and then the 50-over World Cup.
He is set.
Why is it ugly with the red ball? Facing 256 balls in testing inning would not help him buy an apartment in South Mumbai or help him plan his daughter’s future.
T20 just gave him more than he could.
That was therefore Rohit Sharma changed to for years – White ball magicians who now understand, more than anything, that the red ball magic itself instills the glory of cricket.
He knows now.
He knew that despite being the highest goal scorer in the World Cup 50 of 2019 with 648 Run and five centuries, what would keep in mind the Indian team lost to New Zealand in the semifinals.
World Cup victory, tests fit hundreds, get an opposition respect – some things taken into account.
This is this search for Rohit Sharma 2.0 driving.
A man who wants to maximize between now and October 2023 – when India has hosted the 50th World Cup above.
It will be 12 years until 2011 – the opportunity lost not to the troop that hurts it without end.
Rohit has worked on a blueprint for a while and there is a greater plan: to ensure the Indian team comes from everything else for the next 24 months.
Those who have ears in Mumbai Indian said: “We (franchise) keep India first.
He keeps India first.
The World Cup is scheduled after IPL.
Every aspect of the workload will be managed from POV caution.
The goal of the Indian team in mind”.
Rohit sat out of the first match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sundays instead of the last call because of Niggle.
He will take time and again take this break when needed and it’s part of the bigger plan.
Before we went there, some news: Rohit will play the second game Versus Knight Riders on Thursday because it is a tournament business.
The Aspiration of the Indian team, Rohit has underlined for himself, must come ahead of all the others – his personal aspirations, his IPL franchise, his lifestyle is not too bad.
He knew BCCI and the team management would expect this from him, more than before, especially if he had to be considered for the white ball captain.
Can he lead by giving an example and making the greatest strength fitness, not the shortcomings detected, 24 months to come? For a Cricketer who wants to play and excel in all three formats, he laids the blueprint.
He will choose a match; Look at quality, not quantity; Raise the bar.
For an eternal cricket looking for motivation, BCCI hasn’t hung the proverb at him.
If the board does it, it will only be another shot on the arm.