'Day I don't feel I am good enough, I would retire straightway': Rohit Sharma

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said he has been playing the best cricket of his life at present but he will bid adieu to the sport on the day when he feels not good enoughRohit whose side thrashed England by an innings and 64 runs here on Saturday to clinch the fivematch IND vs ENG Test series 41 added that the youngsters in the side played with a lot of maturity and soaked in the pressure which really stood out during the contestOne day when I wake up and feel I am not good enough then I will retire straightaway But in the last few years I am playing the best cricket of my life Rohit told Jio Cinema after the fifth Test ended in less than three days Rohit has been Indias best Test batter in the last five years having struck nine centuries since 2019 the year he started opening the innings in the longest formatThe BCCI had also confirmed that Rohit will lead the Indian team in the upcoming T20 World Cup being jointly hosted by the West Indies and the USA In January he scored a whirlwind century against Afghanistan in a T20I to show his hunger to score runs and also to lead the side Crediting the team for the IND vs ENG Test series win he said When you win a Test like this everything has to fall in place At some stage people are gonna go and people are gonna come and we know thatAlso ReadIndia jump to top spot in Test rankings now reign supreme in all three formatsThese young guys are maybe short of experience they have played a lot of cricket and I can stand here and see that these guys responded pretty well under pressure The credit goes to the entire team and it was pleasing to see Yashasvi Jaiswal stood out with his twin double centuries while Shubman Gill struck two centuries as they complemented the skipper who himself had two tons to his credit in the series The skipper added that India are typically slow to start in a Test series but get up to speed soon adding that he was disappointed that the Test series against South Africa last year was just a twogame affair India lost the opening Test but came back strongly to defeat the Proteas to level the series in the second matchWe typically lose the first Test and then improve in the subsequent matches so I was disappointed that we only played a twomatch Test series in South Africa said Rohit He added that while the talk centered around players scoring centuries due credit should also be give to the bowlers for taking 20 wickets When you win a series like this we talk about scoring runs and 100s but it is important to take 20 wickets to win a Test The way bowlers took responsibility was pleasing to see It was over a period of time that we had a conversation with Kuldeep Yadav hes got a lot of potential and when the chips were down in the first innings in Dharamsala he bowled really well After his injury he came back and worked at the NCA and he is putting a lot of effort and the most pleasing thing was his batting added RohitWith agency inputs