Rohit Sharma believes scoring 500–700 runs in a season means little if it doesn’t lead to winning trophies.
India captain Rohit Sharma has underlined that personal milestones mean little if they don’t lead to team success. Reflecting on his prolific 2019 World Cup campaign, where he scored 648 runs with five centuries, Rohit pointed out that the tournament still felt incomplete as India failed to reach the final.
According to him, scoring 600 or even 700 runs holds limited value when the team falls short of winning titles. Rohit explained that his goal has always been to help India win matches, not chase personal achievements.
“My target has never been to score a certain number of runs in a season. I want to win matches and for that, I have always given my best. It doesn’t matter if you score 600-700 runs and aren’t winning a trophy. It (The runs) won’t matter,” Rohit said in an interview on YouTube channel Vimalwa.
“I have learned my lessons during 2019 World Cup itself. If you aren’t able to reach final and win trophy then what will I do with those 500-600 runs? It might be good for me but not for the team,” he added.
Rohit Sharma then pointed out that Mumbai Indians have never had an Orange Cap winner in any of their five title-winning seasons. For him, contributing in a way that helps the team win matters more than big personal scores.
“But I am not claiming that my 30 runs are helping the team to win. My focus is on making contributions that benefit the team. Before I used to think I have to score runs (but not anymore). Whenever MI has won a trophy, nobody from our team has won the Orange Cap. There’s a reason behind that,” he said.
Rohit Sharma Dismisses Captaincy Shift, Says Job Is Still to Win Matches
Despite handing over the captaincy to Hardik Pandya, Rohit says his focus remains the same—scoring runs and guiding MI to wins. He also stressed the need to learn from past mistakes, highlighting MI’s poor showings in the last few seasons. Rohit remains confident that this year will bring a strong turnaround for the franchise.
“Nothing has changed, everything is same,” Rohit said. “My job is batting. Even when I was captaining, my first role was that of a batter and then captain. As a batter I have to win matches. Now that I am not the captain, my job is to score runs and win matches for the team. Wherever needed, I do help,” Rohit said.
“Our last 3-4 seasons haven’t been that good and that’s what we have to change. We have discussed about this extensively between us – mistakes shouldn’t be repeated. We are in a very good stage and this season will be good for us,” the Indian skipper concluded.
