Skipper Rohit Sharma banks on home support to win ODI World Cup after 12 years

India skipper Rohit Sharma will be counting on the massive home support his team will receive to win the ODI World Cup on home soilIndias last ODI World Cup title came at home in 2011 when the Indian cricket team led by MS Dhoni lifted the coveted trophyIve never seen it so close Even when we won in 2011 I was not part of the squad But yeah it looks beautiful so many memories behind the trophy as well the past the historyYeah so it looks beautiful and hopefully we can lift it fingers crossed Rohit who is currently in the United States was quoted as saying by the ICCThe quadrennial tournament beginning October 5 will be played across 10 venues in IndiaI know for a fact that every ground every venue that we will be travelling to will get massive support You know its the World Cup so everyone is looking forward to this and the World Cup coming back to India after 12 yearsrdquoyou know 2011 was the last time we played a 50over World Cup We played a 20over World Cup in 2016 but a 50over World Cup after 12 years in the country people are quite excited and we can see the buzz already back home Ill be looking forward to playing in all venuesReminiscing his memories of the World Cup Rohit said In 2003 India played really well up until the finals You know Sachin Tendulkar was amazing with the bat scored so many runsAnd then comes the 2007 World Cup where we didnt have a great time didnt even qualify after the league stage so that was quite unfortunate2011 was a memorable one for all of us I remember watching it from home every single match every single ball which was being bowled and that was being playedThere were two kinds of emotions one was obviously I was not a part of it so I was a little disappointed I decided I was not going to watch the World Cup but again the second memory I remember was that India was playing so well quarterfinals onwardsRohit had excelled in the 2019 edition in which he amassed five centuriesAnd 2015 and 2019 I was a part of it which felt really good to play the World Cup We went to the semifinals tried everything we could to go to the finals and play well in the finals but again a very unfortunate incident where we couldnt go through to the finals he saidBut hopefully you know we are back home again so hopefully we can turn things around and its still a long way to go And you know you cant win the World Cup in one or two days You got to play well for an entire month month and a half and be consistent said RohitAlso Read ODI World Cup 2023 calling is Team India really readyRohit feels the key to emerge victorious in the showpiece would be to start fresh in every gameI know every day is a fresh day Every day is a fresh start its not like Test match cricket where you have the momentum with you and you carry the momentum to the next dayOneday cricket limited overs format is like that thats where the challenge comes Youve to start fresh every day and you know thats where I was in 2019 he saidWith PTI inputs