New Delhi. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India got the stain it was afraid of. India lost all the matches of the 3 test match series on its own soil for the first time in 92 years. That too from a team which had won only 2 matches in 68 years before coming to India for the current series. By defeating India 3-0, New Zealand has given such happiness to its country, which its fans had never got before. At the same time, Rohit Sharma, in his pride, has filled the Indian fans with such embarrassment that it will take a lot of time to recover from it.
This is the same Rohit Sharma, under whose captaincy India won the T20 World Cup on June 29. When Rohit Sharma reached India with his team on July 4, he was first welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Then after a few hours a flood of cricket fans arrived in Mumbai. Cricket fans descended upon Mumbai in such a way that it became difficult to find a place to set foot on. People placed these cricket superstars on their eyelids. But perhaps this is too much. These moments of pride probably filled many cricketers including Rohit Sharma with pride.
Sri Lanka itself had taught us a lesson…
BCCI started giving rest to its beloved stars and sent the newly formed team to Zimbabwe, which returned there hoisting the tricolor. After some time, Rohit Sharma returned to the team. The occasion was the India-Sri Lanka ODI series. The Indian team, intoxicated with victory, played very poorly on the Sri Lanka tour and returned after losing the ODI series for the first time in 26 years. But this defeat was not enough for captain Rohit Sharma. Almost a month later, the Indian team lost the test match to New Zealand in Kanpur.
Even after the defeat in Kanpur, Indian captain Rohit Sharma's attitude did not diminish. He came to the press conference and challenged the captains. He said – Use the sword… The feeling of the captain was that what questions will you ask or who are you to question me. Even after losing, Rohit had the same pride that came after becoming world champion.
Rohit is not that loud
A few days later, the Indian team also lost in the Pune test match. Rohit Sharma not only failed in captaincy but also flopped badly in batting and New Zealand lost the Test series in India for the first time. Rohit Sharma again came to the press conference. This time he had memorized all the previous records of India's best performance. After listing most of the records of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma said on India's historic defeat that this much is loud. This was perhaps the first time in history when the Indian captain, after losing, was saying that it is loud. They had forgotten that losing a series is never acceptable.
New Zealand also allowed Rohit Sharma to lose the third match. It defeated India for the third consecutive test match at the home of Rohit Sharma. With this, New Zealand became the first team in the world to clean sweep India in a 3-match Test series. India played its first home series in 1933. Even then the Indian team did not allow England to win all three matches.
The 'darkness' of this whitewash will never fade away
When Rohit Sharma came to the press conference after losing the Mumbai Test match, he realized that his team had proved to be the weakest team in Indian history. This is the same team which won the Tea World Cup 4 months ago. After all, what happened in 4 months that 92 years of earnings were lost? Rohit Sharma will definitely think about this after the defeat of Mumbai test match. But now it is late. I wish they would have thought of all this only after losing the first test. Then if he had not become a victim of overconfidence in Kanpur and said 'Chalo Talwar'… or after losing the series in Pune he had not said 'Itna toh aloud hai'… then perhaps India would not have to face this embarrassment today. But the pride that captain Rohit Sharma had developed after the World Cup victory was to have the same fate. The 'darkness' of the whitewashing done by New Zealand just after Diwali will never be erased from Indian history.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 3, 2024, 5:50 PM IST
