The medals, the microphones and the post-match handshakes will be forgotten after a defeat in a World Cup final, but what will always stay fixed in mind is the intense silence that will follow. To Rohit Sharma, the consequences of the 2023 ODI World Cup Final defeat of India over Australia was not merely a disappointment in the sporting calendar, but an emotional loss, as he had never been emotionally tired as he was this time. In a recent event, Sharma gave an uninhibited look at the impact loss had on him because he began to talk openly about it, showing the audience the reality of what occurs when a two-year mission fails in one night.
“All people were disappointed and we could not believe what was happening,” Rohit said. “It was an extremely difficult moment in my personal life as I had invested the whole month, two or three months prior to the World Cup, into it, and since I assumed the role of captain in 2022.”
His introspection emphasizes this was not some tournament that was going down the drain. It was an intent, an ambition, an endeavour he had been transporting ever since he took charge of the Indian cricket team. Rohit confessed, “I just wanted to win the World Cup, be it the T20 World Cup or the 2023 World Cup of ODI. And so when it did not, I was absolutely destroyed. My body had no remaining energy. It was a matter of two months before I got myself back.”
This disclosure embodies the emotional essence of high-end sports the complete exhaustion after pursuing one dream. The very fact that it was going to take months, but not weeks, to recover, highlights the extent of the psychological and physical exhaustion. To Rohit Sharma, it was not merely a field defeat, but the shutting down of ambition, the shock of a relentless ambition, the humiliation of fact itself.
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