New Delhi, June 29 -- On the night of November 19, 2023, Rohit Sharma was a shattered man. His eyes were moist, and his body language reflective of heartbreak, as he laboured over his words without his trademark wit in the post-match formalities that followed India losing the ODI World Cup final to Australia in Ahmedabad.
A long-standing dream of his - playing a leading role in a World Cup triumph - had turned to dust.
And at 36, Rohit didn't know if there would be another opportunity (he was a junior member of the team that won the 2007 World T20). As he recollected in an Instagram post after a few days of complete silence, "I had no idea how to come back from this. The first few days I didn't know what to do. My family, and my friends k...