‘Tere muh mein ghee shakkar’ - Fans react as Rohit Sharma hopes to repeat 2011 ODI World Cup triumph after 12 years

Team India are getting prepared to win the ODI World Cup for the third time in their history as the mega event is all set to begin on 5 October 2023. In 2011, they won the last World Cup and that World Cup was hosted by India alongside Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. But, this time, India will only host the event and hence, the Team India skipper, Rohit Sharma is hoping to win the cup with the help of a massive home crowd. 

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He recently shared some memories from the 2011 World Cup campaign as he was not a part of that squad. As quoted by the Governing Body of Cricket, Rohit said: “2011 was a memorable one for all of us, I remember watching it from home, every single match, every single ball which was being bowled and that was being played. There were two kinds of emotions, one was obviously I was not a part of it, so I was a little disappointed. I decided I was not going to watch the World Cup, but again, the second memory I remember was that India was playing so well, quarter-finals onwards.”

“And 2015 and 2019, I was a part of it, which felt really good to play the World Cup.” - Rohit Sharma

He further said: “I know for a fact that every ground, every venue that we will be travelling to will get massive support. You know, it’s the World Cup, so everyone is looking forward to this and the World Cup coming back to India after 12 years. You know 2011 was the last time we played a 50-over World Cup. We played a 20-over World Cup in 2016 but a 50-over World Cup after 12 years in the country, people are quite excited and we can see the buzz already back home. I’ll be looking forward to playing in all venues.”

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Rohit further stated about the experience he had in both the last edition of the World Cup in 2015 and 2019. He said: “And 2015 and 2019, I was a part of it, which felt really good to play the World Cup. We went to the semi-finals, tried everything we could to go to the finals and play well in the finals, but again, a very unfortunate incident where we couldn’t go through to the finals”.

Here is how fans have reacted:

Nhi hoga yaar rohit iss coach k rahte to nhi hoga

— Indian (@Indian94417781) August 7, 2023

Captaincy ka the end hoga is saal, wc se bahar india

— NainaSingh 🇮🇳 (@NainaS771) August 7, 2023

Give it your all guys. Prove everyone wrong by winning the gold!

— Sarthak Sengupta (@cricssg7) August 7, 2023

Crossing fingers and hoping🤞

— Game of Transfer Cricket (Fantasy Cricket) (@got_cricket) August 7, 2023

captain rohit sharma will become third indian captain to life the world cup in November 💙🤩

— Calculus 🇮🇳 (@the_universe74) August 7, 2023

Ahh big man coming this time 🫡

— Raj Shekhar Mishra (@its__rajshekhar) August 7, 2023

He deserved to be a part of that squad and carry drinks to his teammates. 😞😞😞

— :( (@gheyforrohit) August 7, 2023

Thanks for your valuable contribution in 2011 wc win

— Jannhvi ♡ (@janhvii_18) August 7, 2023

This time he will lift it for india

— User45 (@140off113) August 7, 2023