Initially Decided To Not Watch 2011 World Cup After Not Being Picked For India: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma had described his non-selection in the 2011 World Cup as a major "setback" and has now revealed that he had initially decided not to watch the ICC tournament.

Rohit Sharma said that he had initially decided to not watch the ODI World Cup 2011 after missing out on a place in the Indian team for the marquee event.

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India beat Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2, 2011. MS Dhoni's six to finish off the match helped the team clinch the World Cup after 28 years. While all cricket lovers in India watched the game or tried to follow the scores of that global cricket tournament, India's current captain Rohit Sharma had initially decided not to not watch the marquee event as he was disappointed at not being picked for the marquee event.

"2011 was a memorable one for all of us, I remember watching it from home, every single match, every single ball which was being bowled and that was being played. There were two kinds of emotions, one was obviously I was not a part of it, so I was a little disappointed. I decided I was not going to watch the World Cup, but again, the second memory I remember was that India was playing so well, quarter-finals onwards," Rohit told ICC.

"And 2015 and 2019, I was a part of it, which felt really good to play the World Cup. We went to the semi-finals, tried everything we could to go to the finals and play well in the finals, but again, a very unfortunate incident where we couldn’t go through to the finals. But hopefully, you know, we are back home again, so hopefully we can turn things around and it's still a long way to go. And you know you can't win the World Cup in one or two days. You got to play well for an entire month, month and a half, and be consistent," he added.

The 36-year-old's tweet dated January 31, 2011 is for there to everyone to see in which he had shared his disappointment. "Really really disappointed of not being the part of the WC squad..I need to move on frm here..but honestly it was a big setback..any views!" he tweeted.