India, Dec. 25 -- Rohit Sharma was doing Rohit Sharma things on a balmy December afternoon. He played the swivel pull, the effortlessly lofted six down the ground, and swept the pacers from Sikkim for a good measure, as 'Hitman' lovers in the Pink City got the best present on Christmas Eve. On a weekday, around 20,000-plus people from the city decided that the best thing to do was to watch the maestro in action - and that too for free.His 37th List A hundred, a 155 off 93 balls, wasn't just about the quality. It was also about the entertainment quotient.

It resembled a concert where fans had come to watch their favourite singer belt out one chartbuster after another. It wasn't about the BCCI diktat, or proving anything to the national se...