Rohit Sharma, the all-formats captain of India, is renowned for his hilarious press conferences and post-match exchanges. The flashy batsman for the Men in Blue attended the ICC Captains' Call event on Wednesday, which was put on by the international cricket governing body in preparation for the One Day International (ODI) World Cup. Rohit was perplexed by a reporter's question on the last ODI World Cup final between New Zealand and England at the Captain's Day event in Ahmedabad.
The ODI World Cup begins on Thursday with the defending winners England taking against the runners-up from the last tournament, New Zealand, at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. The hosts of the ICC World Cup in India went 3,400 miles from one end of the nation to the next as a warm-up, only to lose to the elements. Rain in Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram forced the cancellation of both of India's practise games. On Sunday in Chennai, the two-time champions India will begin its championship defence against the five-time champion Australia.
*"India happy to get those days off'": Rohit on warm-up ties
"We appreciated having those days off. We have been discussing it in relation to the heat and other things. Recently, we've been playing a lot of cricket. We played three games versus Australia after the Asia Cup, which helped us gauge everyone's progress and what the squad needed to do as a whole, according to Rohit.
After helping India win the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Rohit is going to the ODI World Cup. At the ICC World Cup, the 36-year-old encourages his colleagues to ignore the pressure and focus on the "job at hand." When the Men in Blue last won the ODI World Cup in 2011, India served as the hosts. "I am aware of the stakes. The team's guys are aware of the issues at hand. For us, it involves clearing our minds of everything and focus on what we want to do as a team, Rohit said.
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