India, Oct. 26 -- The mesmerising thing about Rohit Sharma in one-day cricket isn't so much about his runs and records but how after so many years he can still be in complete control of the tempo he decides to set in the first place.

There was the phase of daddy hundreds when Rohit was intent on exploiting the length and breadth of one-day innings, securing a record three double centuries and innumerable wins for India in the process. Had he not moved out of that mode, he would have had more than his 33 hundreds by now. But he quit that accumulation-heavy approach for an enforcer role in the 2023 ODI World Cup, throwing away starts to provide India quick starts. For the same person to switch back to the accumulative mode despite a six-mo...