Long-term goals put you under stress, I prefer short-term targets: Rohit Sharma

Emphasising that long term goals can put stress and pressure on a player, star India opener Rohit Sharma says he prefers short term goals and would continue with same strategy in future.  Sharma, who has played 224 ODIs and 32 Tests, said he likes setting a target for himself before start of a series.

'Long-term goals put you under stress'

"Over years, I've realised that long-term goals won't help you in anyway. On contrary it will add to your pressure and stress. I have always focused on short term goals which are mainly next few games in upcoming 2-3 months  who is it against, what can I do best," Sharma said on Star Sports' show 'Cricket Connected: Chats'.

"Setting goals for each series or tournament helps me a lot and I will continue to follow this method in future," added Mumbaikar, who has scored 9,115 ODI runs.

All sports persons are stuck in ir houses due to lockdown, enforced to contain deadly COVID19 pandemic. Sharma said considering situation, y can only wait for action to begin. "I hope we get opportunity to play cricket, as we don't kw when we will play again. When we resume playing cricket, we will have to see what's coming our way - wher its T20 World Cup or () IPL," he said. "We even had a big bilateral series against Australia planned  we will have to analyse and see who we are playing against," he signed off.