India opener Rohit Sharma was the best performer in the World Cup in 2019. The right-handed batsman scored a record-breaking five centuries. However, he was heartbroken after India lost the semi-final against the Kiwis.
In a book titled, ‘Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest’ by Boria Majumdar and Kushan Sarkar, it has been revealed that India’s limited-overs vice-captain is still nursing the pain of missing out on the World Cup trophy.
“There was a degree of restlessness in Rohit, which we found out when we met him for a conversation close to the end of his rehab at the NCA on 25 February 2020. Rohit had hurt his hamstring in New Zealand that ended his tour even before he could play his first overseas Test as an opener.
“He was in red hot form in the white-ball leg of the tour and just a few months earlier had scored five hundreds in the 2019 World Cup, the highest ever by any batsman in world cup history,” the excerpt from the book read according to Scroll.
Rohit was lauded by fans for his brilliant show but the player was not happy as India had failed to win the event.
“When I reached home after the World Cup and everyone was congratulating me for the hundreds, I can honestly tell you I did not feel any elation. The real prize was in the England dressing room and it was difficult to accept that we had not made the final,” Rohit said.
“World Cup jeetna hai. We have three World Cups in the next three years and we must win a world tournament. This is one obsession we have to fulfil,” he said.