Indore: Rohit Sharma wants to savour every moment of his brief stint as India captain, wondering when he would again get a chance to walk out with the team sheet in future.
Rohit’s brief tenure as stand-in captain will come to an end with the final T20 International against Sri Lanka at Mumbai, Sunday as Virat Kohli will be back in the hot seat for the South Africa tour after a month-long break.
“Since I am leading the side for the first time, there was pressure and there will be pressure when we play the next match in Mumbai. I don’t know when will I captain the side again, so every minute spent on ground is important for me,” a pragmatic Rohit said here Friday night after hitting the record equalling 35-ball hundred in the second T20 game against Sri Lanka.
Rohit is the first to admit that in spite of leading Mumbai Indians to an IPL treble, captaincy at the international is really tough with the burden of expectations from billions of people.
“There was lot of pressure, especially after the first ODI at Dharamsala which we lost. We were in such a position that we were on the verge of getting all out on our lowest score,” Rohit reminisced.
“I thought a lot about my captaincy and team and that it is very difficult. We are representing 140 crore people and there is lot of pressure of that,” he added.
Rohit, however, was the first to confess that he doesn’t possess the brute power which quite a few of his teammates have.
“I definitely don’t have so much power. I rely a lot on timing the ball more than anything else. I know what my strengths are as well as my weaknesses. So I try to play accordingly,” he stated.
Press trust of India