“Get off social media” - Rohit Sharma’s valuable advice to the Indian team ahead of T20 WC 2026

Former Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who guided India to a title win in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, has opened up on his mantra for the defending champions and the importance of blocking the outside noise.

Speaking to JioHotstar ahead of the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, Sharma strolled down memory lane to reveal that he switched off from the mindless chatter, but didn’t impose it on his teammates. 

“It is ideal to get off social media. I still stay away. I get news from outside that this happened or that happened and I love it. I did it during the 2023 World Cup as well. Before asking anyone else, I had to do it myself,” Rohit Sharma told JioHotstar.

“But I didn’t go and discuss this with anyone. Rahul bhai (Rahul Dravid) and I were discussing whether we should speak to the team about it. Rahul bhai said, ‘I don’t know if it’s the right thing. It’s very personal. You take the call.’ So, I let it go. But a lot of the boys also suggested, ‘Let’s do it.’ I won’t take names, but two or three guys came and told me this. That’s why, if you see, the 2023 World Cup was one of our best campaigns, not just because of what we did on the field, but also off it,” he added.

“We stayed together for those 45 days. We spent a lot of time together, doing various activities, pulling each other’s leg and giving fielding medals. The fielding medal was introduced during that World Cup. We did all these interesting things, it was a lot of fun and that reflected on the ground,” he concluded.

While India dominated the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in the league phase, winning all nine out of nine encounters to top the points table, they suffered a stunning defeat to Australia in the grand finale by six wickets.

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