Rohit Sharma cradled the T20 World Cup trophy like a precious newborn as he strolled towards the beach for the victorious captain's post-tournament photo shoot. A serene smile graced his face, the magnitude of becoming a world champion still sinking in.
"It's surreal. It feels like a dream. It feels like it hasn't happened. Although it has happened but it feels like it hasn't happened," Rohit chuckled as he reflected on the past 24 hours in an interview with BCCI.TV.
In Bridgetown, where a hurricane raged, Rohit Sharma battled his own whirlwind of emotions. "Last night we had a good time, we had a blast with the teammates till the early morning," he said, unable to contain his grin, though his emotions were close to the surface. "I didn't sleep properly but that's absolutely fine by me. There is a lot of time for me to go back and sleep."
"I want to live this moment, each minute, each second that is passing by and will try to make the most of it," he expressed, describing the elation of leading India to its first ICC title in 11 years. "It's been a great moment right from the time the game got over to till now. That's the emotions and feelings you have," said the skipper.
Despite his stellar performance throughout the tournament, Rohit remains focused on the overwhelming sense of relief. "We have dreamt about this for such a long period of time, we worked hard as a unit for such a long period of time and to see this (the trophy) with us, it feels quite relieved as well.
"When you have worked hard for something and eventually at the end you get it, feels really, really nice," the skipper reiterated."
Rohit's spontaneous gesture of putting a speck of soil from the pitch into his mouth, reminiscent of Novak Djokovic's tradition at Wimbledon, captured attention and curiosity.
"Nothing was scripted. It was all coming instinctively. I was feeling the moment," Rohit said about his ode to the turf that gave him the best moment of his life.
"When I went to the pitch, that pitch gave us this trophy. I will remember that ground forever in my life and that pitch as well. I wanted to have a piece of it with me.
"Those moments are very special, the place where all our dreams came true and I wanted something of it," he concluded.
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