Apart from early morning media commitments, like the one at 9.15 am London time at the Oval on Tuesday, the other thing that Rohit Sharma loves to hate is the word "talented". It was used liberally to describe his game in his formative years. "I hate that word. Because it means you are just gifted and don't have to work for things," he had said in 2018.
Rohit was generously gifted in terms of picking length early. Hence, at times, in the sporadic appearances he made in Test cricket, his dismissals gave the impression that he didn't romance the grind of Test cricket enough. Caught mid-on, caught mid-off, caught deep cover, caught deep mid-wicket after glorious 20s and 30s. It added to the fans' frustrations and helped his critics sharpen their knives.
