England’s World Cup triumph was hailed as the fruition of afour-year project under skipper Eoin Morgan, born from the wreckage of the 2015edition. India’s semi-final heartbreak against New Zealand that doused thehopes of a third title, though, didn’t do justice to another project, also aroaring success: Rohit Sharma’s eight-year long programme to reinvent himselfas a run machine.
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team were rejoicing with thetrophy and carrying Sachin Tendulkar around the Wankhede Stadium after the 2011title triumph, Sharma was still recovering from the shock dealt weeks earlierafter the selectors had kept him out of the Cup squad. The verdict was clear:His talennt was unquestionable, his commitment to fitness was not.
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