'My dream is to still win World Cups', Rohit Sharma recalls India's 2019 WC campaign

Rohit Sharma recalled India's 2019 World Cup campaign and said he wished team could go a little furr in that tournament. However, Rohit has said that his dream is still to win World Cups. 

'Hitman' had an outstanding tournament where he had tched up five centuries and scored 648 runs in nine matches. However, he failed when it mattered most and that happened to be in very first over of all-important semi-final match against New Zealand. neless, he was dismissed by an unplayable delivery from Matt Henry who had bowled an incoming length delivery outside off-stump that took inside edge of Sharma's bat and went straight into gloves of Tom Latham who made mistake behind stumps. His wicket was a huge blow for India as y lost all ir top-order batsmen in first powerplay.

'Wish we could go a little furr': Rohit Sharma

It had so happened Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had paid tribute to limited-overs vice-captain for becoming first player to score five centuries in a single edition of World Cup. However, Mumbai cricketer did t seem to be a happy man and hoped Men In Blue could go a little furr than where it ended and that his dream is still to win World Cups. 

When Dhoni-Jadeja's rescue act went in vain

Indian bowlers had done a tremendous job in restricting New Zealand to a manable total of 239. However, ir run chase got off to a disastrous start when y were reduced to 5/3 and n 24/4. When Men In Blue were in a hopeless position at 92/6, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (77) carried out rescue act. duo added 116 runs for seventh-wicket stand and at one point, it seemed as if a fourth World Cup final appearance was on cards. 

However, with asking rate climbing up, both batsmen had to take risks and Jadeja perished by playing a rash stroke off Trent Boult as he was caught by skipper Kane Williamson at mid-off. onus was on MS Dhoni to finish things off in style and he kept fans and viewers on ir feet by slashing Lockie Ferguson to a six to on-side. However, a sharp throw from Martin Guptill on following delivery saw Dhoni short of his crease when he was running back for a risky second run in order to take strike. 

Indian resistance was cut short post his dismissal and it meant that y had to wait for ar four years to win ir third 50-overs World Cup trophy. two-time world champions were bundled out for 221 as Black Caps won contest by 18 runs to qualify for ir second consecutive World Cup final.

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(Im Courtesy: AP)