'Good to be back' - Rohit Sharma prepares for T20 World Cup with rigorous training session

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who was among the first batch of players - including Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, and Kuldeep Yadav - to leave for the USA from Mumbai on May 25, underwent his first rigorous practice session. The captain shared pictures on his official X handle of the same.

Remarkably, the 37-year-old will compete in his ninth T20 World Cup, joining Bangladeshi all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, as the only players to have participated in every edition of the tournament. 

Good to be back 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/DQHPBFWjBj

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 29, 2024

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Rohit, who ranks as the fourth-highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup history with 963 runs from 36 innings, boasts an impressive average of 34.39 and a strike rate of 127.88.

The star batter, however, had a poor showing in the previous edition of the tournament, scoring just 116 runs in six innings, in an event where England inflicted a crushing semi-final defeat on India, utterly dismantling them with a 10-wicket victory. For India to have any chance of going the distance this time around, they will heavily depend on the skipper to provide prompt and galvanizing starts.

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The batter, would be raring to go, after having had a fairly good IPL 2024, scoring 417 runs in 14 innings, including a superb 105* (63) against the Chennai Super Kings, albeit in a losing cause.

Furthermore, Rohit's confidence would likely be on a high going into the tournament, in light of his performance in India's previous ICC event, the Cricket World Cup 2023, where he excelled both as a batter and a leader. Leading India to an impressive string of 10 consecutive victories before their defeat in the final, he amassed a formidable total of 597 runs across 11 innings.