Rohit Sharma remembers the first ball out, when India overcame Pakistan, know what happened
This is Rohit Sharma's 9th consecutive T20 World Cup. Recalling this golden journey, Rohit Sharma said that if I remember the first thing related to this, then it is the ball out, which happened against Pakistan. That first ball out was very interesting.
Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, will begin their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign today, June 5. Rohit Sharma, the Indian team captain, is competing in his ninth consecutive T20 World Cup. Rohit and Shakib Al Hasan are the only players to have competed in every T20 World Cup to date. Rohit Sharma recalled this golden journey, saying, "If I remember the first thing related to this, it is the ball out against Pakistan." That first ball out was extremely interesting. In addition, he has admitted to feeling nervous before each match. Why is this happening? He also explained the reason for this.
In an ICC video, Rohit Sharma said that when you participate in an ICC event, it is always exciting and it brings new challenges. Nothing has changed for me either. I always want to win the World Cup. Despite playing for so many years, I get nervous before every match and I think this is a good thing. Because you get nervous when you have to achieve something. I have known this for years. This does not come naturally to anyone, but I believe that experience and ups and downs in a career teach a lot. Now I know how to get out of such a situation. Let us take the next generation forward. This is our duty.
Rohit also said that I have played all the T20 World Cups and have also enjoyed them. Recalling this golden journey, Rohit Sharma said that if I remember the first thing related to the T20 World Cup, it is the ball out, which happened against Pakistan. That first ball out was very interesting. We were trained for this because everyone had to participate in it. Since then players have shown keen interest in T20 cricket.
In the T20 World Cup 2007, the India vs Pakistan group match was tied. After which the victory and defeat had to be decided by a ball out. In the ball out, Virender Sehwag was the first to hit the ball directly on the wicket, but Pakistan's Yasir Arafat missed it. After this Harbhajan Singh also hit the stumps directly, but Pakistan's fast bowler Umar Gul could not hit the stumps. Robin Uthappa came at number three from India's side and hit the ball directly on the stumps, but Shahid Afridi came as the last hope from Pakistan's side at number three and he also missed and India defeated Pakistan through a ball out.
