The mystery is solved! Rohit Sharma has finally shared why he tasted the Kensington Oval pitch after Team India’s victory in the T20 World Cup Final on June 29. The Indian skipper, who last tasted ICC glory in 2007, wanted to savor this moment forever.
#WATCH | During his interaction with PM Modi, Team India captain Rohit Sharma said, "…we all had waited a lot for this, worked very hard for this. Many times we came very close to winning the World Cup, but we could not move forward, but this time because of everyone we were… pic.twitter.com/h6uwlOaLnC
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Rohit Sharma Reveals His Unique Celebration During a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4, Rohit was asked why he decided to eat a piece of the pitch. He explained, “The place, the playing surface where we got our victory—I just wanted to keep something from that. I wanted to keep a moment of that to remember for my life, and hence I tasted it. We won after playing on that pitch, and everyone waited for that moment for so long. Everyone put in so much effort for that. Numerous times in the past, we came very close to achieving that but fell short, and finally, we achieved it through the team’s effort.”
