I owe my fame to One-Day cricket: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has given a big thumbs-up to the 50-over game, in which he has scored three double hundreds-two against Sri Lanka and once against Australia. "Mera naam hi One-day cricket se bana hai (I owe my fame to One-Day cricket). Sab bekar ki baatein hai (all this talk about ODIs being outdated is futile).

People were earlier talking (similarly) about Test cricket. For me, cricket is important - whatever be the format. I would never say that ODI is getting finished or T20 is getting finished or Tests are nearing an end.

I wish there is another format as well, because for me, playing the game is most important. Since childhood, we dreamt of playing the game for India and in my mind. Whenever we play ODIs, stadiums are full, the excitement remains high.

It's an individual choice as to which format to play or not, but for me, all three formats are important," Rohit said here on Wednesday. With the simultaneous launch of the lucrative UAE and South African T20 leagues, there's a growing concern that players would prefer playing in these private leagues rather than represent their country, but Rohit asserted that for him and the rest of Team India players, "playing for the country matters the most." "I don't know what people are thinking about playing leagues over international cricket. There will be ten more leagues, but in the coming years, we will get to know what the players prefer.

But as of now, the situation of Indian cricket remains the same - we play the IPL, the international cricket. The guys are getting exposure and our aim is to create bench strength, so that's why in Zimbabwe, there are a lot of players who are touring for the first time - be it Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Tripathi - and it is a good exposure. They