TIL Desk Sports/ Indias limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma has been on a roll with 647 runs from 8 innings that includes 5 centuries. As the team heads into the semi-final against New Zealand, skipper Virat Kohli once again acknowledged the role Rohit has played at the top of the order for India. In fact, Kohli went on to add that he was not disappointed at missing out after scoring five fifties as his role has been different.
“It”s been a different kind of role that I”ve had to play in this World Cup and, as the captain of the team, I have been open to playing any kind of role that the team wants me to, so it”s great that Rohit is scoring so consistently which means that coming in the later half of the innings you have to play a different role which is controlling the middle overs and letting guys like Hardik (Pandya), Kedar (Jadhav), MS (Dhoni) in the past few games, and now Rishabh (Pant), come out and express themselves.
“Personal milestones honestly is something that no-one ever focuses on. Rohit said the same thing the other day. He is only trying to do the best for the team and in that process special things happen which is something that I have always believed in my career so far. I could never imagine that I could get the number of hundreds I have and the only focus has always been the team,” he smiled. But Kohli wants Rohit to continue the good show and hit two more centuries to help India lift the trophy at Lord”s on July 14.
