After 67 tests, Rohit’s name had 4301 runs, while the 12-century fifties averaged 40.57. He was a laggard for 15 batsmen in the Test in India, but he scored more than he hadn’t achieved.
At a green seam in South Africa, Rohit can trust the rebound and leave the ball all day in a demonic morning meeting. In India’s ranking, Rohit will play bats in front of the mat, which is the most reliable sign of a bats picking a bowler from his hands and measures the bounce and grip of the surface. On a flat deck, Rohit won’t destroy you briefly, but a double century in over 50 cricket matches. These numbers are not friendly to Rohit, which is fair, as he is not a professional chasing personal milestones, but he always focuses on his position in larger plans.
R Ashwin scored about 800 points less than Rohit, and he was a low-level batsman. Virat Kohli led India to 68 Tests, 40 of which won. Rohit, who has only received 24 tests, led India to win in half of the matches.
Rohit can judge these results in the coming years, but it is impossible to understand his impact by using such a limited filter. Rohit built a team and an environment in which everyone is given the best ecosystem. Like all team sports, cricket is based on individual performance, but the results are determined by groups pulling in the same direction. Rohit was not afraid of this dichotomy, he accepted it. Talking to the players, you know Rohit didn’t practice empathy, he embodies it. He can empower without blurring the boundaries, he can promote without making abominable comparisons, and he can maintain faith in others even if he does not get or deserves. In doing so, Rohit became a true leader. He may have always been a human being, but the world we live in is not recognising him for that. At the time of six packs, tattoos and shimmering blouse, Rohit imposed some extra weight, only when he chose to show up at the airport and showed up to shave his wife in a clumsy T-shirt without airing. If there was a cricket celebrity version of the legendary cartoonist RK Laxman’s ubiquitous “Ordinary Man”, it would be Rohit. The new captain will take charge of the team’s journey to England and shape it in his image. There will be ups and downs, but given India’s talent and strength, everything will do business as usual. Until they didn’t. Then Indian cricket would miss Rohit because he would return to the locker room with a smile and really accept his role in the result. He would take it down and exempt those who are members of his team in any role he plays.
When we read a poem, emotions shock us. But the silent speech between words. The treble is full of vitality when we listen to music. But the peace of the past makes it worth it. When we were in the war, the basic instinct took over. But for Rohit, the batsman will be replaced very well because someone has to score. Captain Rohit will be covered up because someone must lead the charge. But what the world will miss is balance, balance, stillness, calmness and tender love for the game.
One day, in the distant future, the world may develop enough to appreciate Rohit’s identity and what he does. However, he did not hold his breath. He walked away with a clear conscience and held high above his head, which in itself was something worth longing for.
