AHMEDABAD: If M S Dhoni was Captain Cool, Rohit Sharma is certainly Captain Calm. A word he used 11 times in his 35-minute media interaction on the eve of the World Cup final against Australia, even as he mentioned “pressure” 13 times. Rohit is aware he is probably playing his last Cup and realises how massive an occasion this is for him and for some of his younger teammates.
With 10 wins on the trot in this World Cup, India went into the big final as favourites, but typically, Rohit tried to play it down. “I can see tense faces, but I can see laughter too... That is why this sport is so exciting because you see different emotions. There’s so much expectation. At airports, and hotels, people keep saying you must win the World Cup, you must score a hundred or take a five-for. It’s in your ears all the time. That is why guys have started using earphones,” he said.
