Cricket World Cup 2023: "If Requirement Is There..." - Rohit Sharma On Possible Playing XI vs Pakistan

Rohit Sharma is not averse to playing three spinners against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium ground with big square boundaries. But, on the eve of the blockbuster Cricket World Cup 2023 face-off, the Indian cricket team captain was in two minds over whether to continue with Shardul Thakur or bring in his senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Asked if the track warrants playing three spinners, Rohit said: "I don't know, honestly. If there is a change or two we need to make, we will be ready with that. And the guys have been informed very well in advance about these kind of changes. So, I don't think it's going to be any issues with the players. But if the requirement is there for us to play three spinners, we will play three spinners," the skipper kept things pretty open-ended."

During the last Cricket World Cup, he scored five hundreds and was the vice-captain of the side. As skipper in this edition of the tournament, he has created a world record of scoring seven hundreds in ODI World Cups.

What has changed in these four years? "Not a lot to be honest. I know what are the things that I need to do to find success on the field in terms of me as a player and then me as a captain.

"But speaking of just the player first, the batter, I think there are certain boxes for me that I have to tick before every game, just to get you that confidence." For Rohit, preparation is very important.

"And I thought I've done everything that I can from my side to prepare well for each game. Because we know every day is a new day, fresh day. And you start your fresh day as a new challenge." The past hardly matters and it is only the future that one should look at.

"You can take a bit of confidence from that, but like we know in sport,