'Khelo aisa ki 4 loag umeed karna chhod de' - Fans react as Indian skipper Rohit Sharma talks about feeling of playing World Cup at home

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma will be playing the first ODI World Cup at home in India in his entire cricketing career so far. He will also be leading the Indian team in World Cup for the first time. India will be starting their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign with the first match against Australia in Chennai on the 8^th of October, 2023.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma has recently come up with a statement while talking about the feeling of playing the prestigious cricket quadrennial in home conditions. Notably, it will be the third appearance of Rohit Sharma in the ODI World Cup after his debut in the tournament 8 years back in the year 2015.

"It's going to be a great experience playing in the World Cup at home, can't wait for us to take the field & be best for India,” said Rohit Sharma on the sidelines of an event of trophy and schedule-launch of the ODI World Cup 2023.

Following this, Indian cricket fans took this statement of Rohit Sharma as an opportunity to come up with a lot of interesting and amazing reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Some of the fans also talk about the Indian team’s trophy draught in the major international tournament since they won it last time in the Champions Trophy 2013.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Khelo aisa ki 4 loag umeed karna chhod de

— 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯 (@rohity7277) June 27, 2023

please bhai abki baar jeeto do

ab dekha nhi jata hai 😭😭

— Lazy Rocky (@lazyboy0028) June 27, 2023

Experience k liye khel rahe ho?

— TJB (@TBHK47) June 27, 2023

36 year old Rohit Sharma playing first wc at home

— Shaurya (@Kohli_Devotee) June 27, 2023

Best of Luck Ro 🤝❤️

— FIRE 45 (@firefire0045) June 27, 2023

Learnings, experience, process...sab theek hai, ab chahiye 🏆

— Sarcastic Soul (@TolerableAtma) June 27, 2023

Saala jeetna kaliya nahi khelna ha

Experience ka liye khelna ha 😑😑

— Jayant Agarwal 🌟🌟 (@manishann230000) June 27, 2023

Most important tournament for him,if we won and Rohit perfomance is good then respect of rohit is increased but if we lose then he will be badly abused by people

— Harsh (@Imhro_45) June 27, 2023

Rohit Sharma after facing Pakistan 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/XLjgzXCJJY

— Spookie (@Spookie07) June 27, 2023

India to lose to SA in WC semis. Its the only team that hasn't beaten us in an ICC Knockout in the last 10 years, so its their turn now

— Jon Targaryen (@jonknowsitall) June 27, 2023

India will also lock horns against the arch-rivals and their neighbors, Pakistan in the highly-anticipated mega World Cup encounter. Both teams will be playing against each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, the 15^th of October 2023. The match is on the same date when the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam will be celebrating his 29^th birthday.

Coming back to Rohit Sharma’s statement, he also talked about the competition during the ODI World Cup 2023 while mentioning other teams as well.

“The World Cup is going be very competitive as the game has become faster and teams are playing more positively than ever before. All this augurs well for fans worldwide, promising them many thrilling moments,” stated the 36-year-old.