I am glad to be back on my feet: Rohit Sharma

The Indian batsman Rohit Sharma is extremely happy to be back in whites for the second Test match against Sri Lanka. The Indian skipper included him in the playing XI to give him some game time ahead of the tour of South Africa. He didn’t disappoint his captain and smashed a century in the first innings. However, Rohit is glad to be up and running in the traditional format of the game and wants to contribute to the team.

The hitman of Team India came out to bat in the second session on the third day and eased into his role comfortably. His batting was so fluent that it didn’t feel like he wasn’t playing Test cricket for so long. He joined his captain and piled on the agony for the visitors extending the lead on them. In the process, Sharma notched up his third century in Tests and a first one after his debut series four years ago.

There will always be regrets in life

Rohit Sharma was glad to be back on his feet and expressed that he is not someone who thinks about the past. There will always be regrets in your life. Even if you score 10,000 runs, you will feel, ‘oh, I should have scored 15,000 runs’ or people will tell you, ‘you should have scored 15,000 runs, man! But for me, I am glad that I am back on my feet because when I went through that injury (thigh surgery in 2016), at one point I was thinking whether I will be able to walk or not,” he told reporters after the match.

“I am not someone who will think about what has happened in the past. I like to see what is in front of me, and yes, that is how I look at it. When I was inexperienced having just come into the team, there were lot of things that I used to think about, but not anymore. I have passed that age where I shouldn’t be thinking what happened in the past,” the 30-year-old added. He also feels that he should always be ready for the team whenever needed and is looking forward to South Africa tour.

“I should be ready for what is ahead of me and that’s what matters. What has happened in the past is gone – you can never change it. For me, I can change things looking forward, and looking forward is Delhi Test match and thereafter one-day series and then the South Africa series,” the stylish right-hander was quoted as saying by TOI.

“My plans are simple and clear. I don’t want to complicate things which I have in the past, when had I just come into the team, At the end of the day, it’s just a cricket match that you have to play. Initially, my focus was much on Test cricket, like ‘Oh no this is Test cricket and I have to do well. I have to do this and that. In thinking that I lost a lot of focus and forgot (lost) what I was there for and what I needed to do and pretty clear in mind which is the most important thing,” the hitman concluded.