Rohit Sharma couldn’t believe what he was seeing. It was 2015 and India were playing South Africa in an ODI series decider at the Wankhede in Mumbai. The visitors were running riot. Batting first, they systematically decimated the Indian bowling and ended up making a stunning 438. The innings had featured a particularly unhinged AB de Villiers knock. His 119 in 61 balls featured 11 sixes.
But, it wasn’t the carnage sparked by De Villiers that Sharma couldn’t fathom. It was the fact that he had the jam-packed Wankhede dancing to his tune; the capacity crowd chanted his name as he brought up his century.
