19-05-2025
How Rohit Sharma turned his 2011 World Cup tragedy into a blueprint for success
How Rohit Sharma turned his 2011 World Cup tragedy into a blueprint for success
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Updated: May 19, 2025, 20:43 IST IST
Rohit Sharma got his first ODI century in 2010 and seemed set to make it to the ODI World Cup squad. Here's why it didn't happen and how he turned things around after the massive disappointment.
In this excerpt from the book 'The Rise of The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story' by R. Kaushik, we're taken back to 2010, in the runup to the squad being announced for the 2011 World Cup .
Rohit's first international ton had taken a while coming, though he couldn't entirely savour it because it came in a losing cause. But enjoying the high of a hundred can be an addiction, so it was no surprise that two days later, in the same ground, Rohit breezed to a second century, this time hauling his team over the line against Sri Lanka.
