Former Indian Wickeket-Batter Robin Uthappo has opened up on how the Rohit Sharma omission from the team who won the 2011 World Cup was affected by his career. Robin Uthappa stated that Rohit Sharma was the same person before and after the failure, but that directed his focus and determination.
Rohit Sharma debuted with a white ball in 2007 and was part of the campaign to win the T20 World Cup that year. However, he remained from the 2011 World Cup team after a series of appearances. Players like Suresh Rain and Yusuf Pathan were chosen for him for the World Cup home.
Rohit Sharma is not part of an Indian campaign to win the ODO 2011 World Cup
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However, today Rohit is a completely transformed player. He plays a key role for Team India, especially as an opener. The body led India to winning the T20 2024 World Cup, and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit also approached the victory in his first World Cup in 2023, but lost to Australia in the finals.
Was much more channeled with his focus – Robin Uthappa
Talking about Star Sports, Robin Uthappa spoke about the exclusion of Rohit Sharma from the 2011 World Cup. Uthappa shared that Rohit had become more aimed at his approach.
“When you listen to his interviews and what he says about his journey in an international crisis, you tend to watch him from the outside and a man gets the feeling that a 2011 miss. From that World Cup he had a huge impact on him, because even before that he was the same person, but he announced that he was still the same person, but he was still a lot of things, knowing, focused on his focus.”
Didn’t want to take a single thing for granted – Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa said Rohit Sharma worked hard and lost challenge. Uthappa mentioned that the experience motivated Rohit to do whatever needed to ensure success and avoid feeling again.
“He knew that in his career he would not take a single thing in his career, and you could say that he put into business, he made efforts, and so he was always unwavering with big names or big occasions or big opportunities, right?
“I think the omission of that 2011 really focused his focus by saying, I know that this is what I want to do, I never feel this again, so I will do everything I need to fall into my turn for me and at least I feel it from the outside,” Uthappa concluded.
