Senior India opener Rohit Sharma said he will give a lot of credit to the extended preparation he had before coming on the ODI tour of Australia, which culminated in him hitting a match-winning 121 in the nine-wicket win in the third and final ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Having retired from Tests and T20Is, it meant Rohit hadn’t got much game time behind him, especially after not playing a game post IPL 2025 campaign for the Mumbai Indians. Ahead of ODIs against Australia, Rohit also lost the ODI captaincy to Shubman Gill.

Rohit spent a lot of time working on his fitness and losing almost 10 kgs in a demanding regime, as well as being on a strict nutrition routine. He also worked on refining his skillsets at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru and under former India as

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