Bhubaneswar, May 7 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1727844903.JPG

One could romanticise till eternity, those sublime wrists that sent the white ball soaring into the Cow Corner stands of stadiums across the world.

Or roll on the floor laughing at his often unintentionally hilarious quips that lit up the most uneventful of interactions and were not limited to the stump microphone on which he delivered some broadcasting gold dust.

Or wonder why the word "talent" felt like a sarcasm-laden abuse during those early years when he didn't fulfil his true potential.

Or simply sit back and think about Rohit Sharma's over-a-decade long Test journey in which the balance sheet of performance goes out of the...