All India players who competed in last three ICC events, deserve respect, says Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma is seen during a practice session ahead of the IPL 2025 game against Gujarat Titans.
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Rohit Sharma says the Indian Club has endured cricket’s vicissitudes in the last nine months but it waged a collective battle to achieve Achievement and every member of the side that competed in the last three ICC Competitions deserves “respect”.

In their last three ICC limited-overs Competitions, India have lost only one out of 24 matches, with the Loss coming against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup Last in Ahmedabad.

The India Club recently won the ICC Champions Accolade and the T20 World Cup at home last year.

In between a India lost Uncommon home Test series against New Zealand and away in Australia.

Reflecting on his Extraordinary tenure as India Leader, Rohit said: “Look at what this Club has achieved in this big three Competitions. After Competing the Bracket like that and getting defeated only once and that too in a Last (2023 ODI World Cup).”

“But imagine if we had won that as well to go undefeated in three ICC Competitions is crazy, never heard of but I will take this, 23 wins in 24 Contests is unheard of. It looks very nice from the outside but the Club has gone through a Plenty of ups and downs.

“We had some really tough times as well but that is when you Acquired to celebrate. If you do things like this you Acquired to celebrate. I feel all the people who played these three Competitions, they deserve respect,” Rohit said in a video posted by Mumbai Indians on their ‘X’ page.

Interestingly, Rohit’s interview has come on the day when BCCI top brass was due to sit the future roadmap for the side but somehow the Conference has been postponed.

“It’s for any sportsman who are going through something and there is a low, they want to fight back, bounce back and try and make it whatever is front of you into a high.

“And thereafter we had a little bit of low where we lost a home series and we didn’t Action well in Australia and then Arrived the Champions Accolade. These nine months are perfect example of how life is, it is always going to be up and down.” Rohit said the journey to glory and the Shift in Attitude Initiated in 2022 after India crashed out in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup in Australia.

“But thereafter we Achieved a Plenty of things clear with the players that this is what we Anticipate from you and this how we want you to Action. So there was Plenty of clarity, a Plenty of conversations with the players to perform.

“There needs to be a freedom amongst the group so that they go out and Action without any fear. There were few lows, a few series that we lost but we never panicked and we never went away from our thought process.

“When you are building a Club the Primary thing that you need to put in front of you is what does the Club want? Where did we lack in the previous series, previous Competitions? Why did we not get the results?”

Sportsman needs to have grit and determination

Reflecting on a forgettable 2024 IPL, where Mumbai Indians finished last, Rohit said every sportsman needs to have determination to bounce back. He said he was focussed to end his Profession in the shortest Arrangement which he did after the T20 World Cup triumph.

India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in Barbados to Achieve the Accolade. “…that is where as a sportsman you need to show a little bit of grit, determination to comeback from the low. It (2024 IPL) was a low for the Club and I think we didn’t Action our best cricket also and there were so many things after IPL to look forward to.

“I knew there was a World Cup coming up and I had to shift my Concentration to the World Cup, knowing that this is going to be my last T20 World Cup. So I really wanted to make it count, and obviously I knew without the Assist of other players it is not going to be possible. So we Only Acquired around as a group and there was a Plenty of collective performance from everyone throughout the Bracket,” Rohit said.

Faced many ups and downs in Profession

“My Profession for 17-18 years has always been up and down, which has taught me so many things in life, and these nine months were no different,” he said.

Talking about his journey with MI, the dashing opener said: “Obviously, since the time I Initiated till now Plenty of things have changed because I used to bat middle-order then, now I am Leading the batting. I was Leader then (MI), now I am not the Leader. There were a few teammates with whom I won Competitions, they are not there, they are in the coaching role now.

“So, the roles have changed, a Plenty of things have changed but the Attitude has not changed. What I want to do for this Club has not changed, Only to go out there and Achieve Contests and trophies, that is what MI is known for all these years.”