It’s been a while since we won World Cup, a lot of things have to go right to make it happen: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News

BRISBANE: It has been 11 years since India won a World Cup and captain Rohit Sharma knows his team will have to do a lot of things right to lift the coveted trophy in Australia.
Their last ICC trophy came back in 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy.
“If individuals can keep themselves calm and composed during the game, we will get the results we are looking for. It has been a while since we won the World Cup.
“The motive and thought process is to win the World Cup, but we know we have to do a lot of things right to get there. So one step at a time for us and focus on every team we’re going to play and not think about semi-finals or finals,” Rohit said in a video posted on bcci.tv.

The 2022 T20 World Cup is Rohit’s first ICC event as captain. Virat Kohli led India in the previous T20 World Cup 12 months ago.
“It’s a great honor to lead the team. My first World Cup as captain so I’m excited about it. It’s a great opportunity to come here and do something special.
“Every time you come for a World Cup it’s a great feeling. We’ve had a great camp (training) in Perth. We’ve won two series at home recently but Australia will be a different challenge. Conditions will be challenging. be, but there’s a reason why we came here early.”

India will play their opening match against Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23.
“It’s a big game to start with but we’re going to stay relaxed and focus on what we have to do as individuals. That’s going to be the key for us,” he added.