Key Points
Sixteen years, 251 ODIs, 30 hundreds (5 of them in the 2019 WC itself), 52 fifties and 10,112 runs at an average of 48.85 later, the Indian captain stands on the cusp of history..
In September 2023, India captain Rohit Sharma completed 16 years in international cricket, having debuted against Ireland in June 2007 in the aftermath of the 2007 World Cup (WC) debacle when infusion of fresh blood was the order of the day...
While being Indian captain might be the toughest job in cricket, he has to shepherd the hosts to the podium, just like Mahendra Singh Dhoni did 12 years ago...
Not thinking too much about that stuff but yeah in the last three editions, hosting teams won the World Cups and we will give our everything, a calm Indian captain said during the Captains Day event at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday..
An International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy might be missing from his cabinet (India have not won an ICC tournament since the 2013 Champions Trophy in England under different captains), he has five Indian Premier League titles with Mumbai Indians, if that counts for anything at the quadrennial event...
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