Why this Border Gavaskar Trophy matters to captains Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins beyond the results | Cricket News
For the past few days, Rohit Sharma and his men have been walking to the stadium from their hotel across a bridge over the river Torrents. It is a simple pleasure that they can’t indulge in India. Even here, if anyone stops them for a selfie, it’s the Indian-origin fan. They cross the road, walk past the statue of Clem Hill, a legendary cricketer from these parts, at the stadium entrance and breeze through the sliding glass doors into the arena. Thursday was a particularly burning day in Adelaide, temperatures hovering around 38-40 degrees, so hot that the Aussies wrapped up their optional net session within 20 minutes and fled. A couple of weeks ago, in India, before the birth of his second child, Rohit was moping around alone in the dressing room at the Wankhede Stadium. His teammates had left, the Kiwis were celebrating politely in the room next door, and Rohit sat ruminating. Suddenly, things stir and change dramatically. He becomes a father again, and even as he is “holding the baby in …
