"Did Not Want To Watch World Cup...": Rohit Sharma Opens Up On WC 2011 Squad Omission

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday reflected on his omission from the squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and how it changed his life and game. Rohit did an exclusive interview with JioCinema ahead of his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Chennai on Wednesday. Rohit said that his omission from the 2011 Cricket World Cup changed a lot about his game and routine and the year was a "setback" for him. India brought the World Cup home after 28 years, defeating Sri Lanka in the final at Rohit's home venue of Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. A young Rohit, then an up-and-coming talent, had to watch this all happen from the sidelines.

"2011 was a big setback year for me, not being part of the World Cup team, I have no one to blame but myself. I worked on my game. Yoga, meditation and living alone helped me a lot. I realized something has to change, knew my life was on edge and that if I did not improve, I would not be able to play cricket again. I made a lot of changes to myself between 2014-15, because I knew I would have nowhere to go otherwise. I had to think about how I could help my team, and take myself to another level. I found the answers to them myself," said Rohit in the interview.

Honestly, I did not watch the World Cup itself except for the semis and the finals because I was so disappointed that I did not want to watch. Every time I put the TV on I felt that I could have been there, what went wrong and stuff like that," revealed Rohit.

It is safe to say that Rohit has bounced back big time since then. The ICC Champions Trophy 2013, where he got a chance to open with Shikhar Dhawan, sent his career graph on a massive upward