September 24 will always be remembered as a memorable day by Indian cricket team fans as on that date in 2007, India became the inaugural T20 World Cup champions. Under MS Dhoni’s leadership, a young and inexperienced Indian team went on to win the inaugural edition of the tournament in South Africa. As India’s triumph completed 14 years recently, many fans and players recalled the history day.
On Wednesday (September 29), veteran opener Rohit Sharma shared a picture of the Indian team lifting the trophy and posted a heartfelt note. He recalled how an inexperienced bunch of cricketers stunned the world and ended up creating history. Rohit also mentioned that Team India will leave no stones unturned to replicate their brilliance in the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2021.
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Captioning his post, Rohit Sharma wrote: “Sep 24th, 2007, Johannesburg. The day when a billion dreams came true. Who would have thought back then that a relatively inexperienced, young team like ours would end up creating history!! It’s been 14 years since, we’ve come a long way, we’ve created many more histories, we’ve had our setbacks, we struggled, but it didn’t break our spirits.”
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He further added, “Because we never give up. We give it all!!! This @icc #T20WorldCup each one of us is going to give everything to repeat history. We’re coming for it, the trophy is ours. India, let’s make it happen. I am #InItToWinIt.”
Rohit, who made his T20 debut during the 2007 global event, and the then youngster played some brilliant cameos lower down the order, and helped India. He had played an unbeaten 16-ball 30 in the high-voltage final against India, taking India to a total that proved to be match-winning.
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14 years have gone by since that tournament and Rohit Sharma has become a superstar now. Interestingly, he’s the only member of India’s 2007 T20 World Cup squad to feature in the upcoming event. Hence, there are some substantial responsibilities on his shoulders and it would be interesting to see how he performs.
