Indian captain Rohit Sharma has asserted that the Indian team is riding high on confidence and are one of the favorites, will give their everything in the World Cup. Being the host will bring the much-needed luck factor to them as well.It all started in 2011 when the Indian team led by MS Dhoni bagged the ODI Cricket World Cup in style.The Indian skipper said in the World Cup 2023 Captains Day event, “Not thinking too much about that stuff but yeah in the last 3 editions hosting teams won the World Cups and we will give our everything in this World Cup and enjoy the tournament”.Eyes are on the prize ahead of the @cricketworldcup 💥#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/jfCQtcCdXo— ICC (@ICC) October 4, 2023“People are going to love this tournament. The stadiums will be jam-packed. Indians love their cricket. It is going to be a great tournament”.He continued to talk about Indias lack of preparation due to both warm-up matches being washed out due to persistent rain without a single bowl being bowled. However, Rohit also highlighted that they are aware of their current position since they have played a decent amount of ODI cricket before the tournament.Furthermore, Rohit said, “We were happy to get those days off. Looking at heat, and stuff like that. We have been playing a lot of cricket of late. We played 4 games in the Asia Cup and 3 against Australia. We know where we are at. I wouldve loved to play those two games. But cant do too much when the weather is like that apart from one part of India to the other part. Overall, happy about how we are coming into the tournament and the guys are looking pretty good”, Rohit added. Morgan handed over the World Cup Trophy to host captain Rohit Sharma.– Two finest captains in cricket. pic.twitter.com/R3GlHZOmY5— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 4, 2023The skipper also talked about what it means to be a leader and the responsibilities that come along with the title and said, “I had to work on a lot of things. To be a leader, you need to understand your teammates, their strengths and weaknesses, and give them the freedom to go out and play. Our job is to make sure we lay that platform for them and then its their job to go and do what they do best”.India will kickstart their World Cup campaign against Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on October 8.
