New Delhi: After guiding Mumbai Indians to their second Champions League T20 title, skipper Rohit Sharma said he is ready to play in all three formats of the game and has been waiting for the opportunity for the past six years.
“Modern cricket is such that you cannot lock your place. I am ready for last six years to play in all three formats. Hopefully, I will get an opportunity soon,” Sharma said at the post-match press conference after Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final of the CLT20 here last night.
“I am waiting for the Test cap and hopefully I'll get it soon. I am waiting for the right time and opportunity,” he said.
A freak injury just before the Nagpur Test in 2010 had delayed his Test debut but with the West Indies tour round the corner, Sharma would be hoping to finally get to play the traditional format.
In February 2010, Sharma was set to make his Test debut against South Africa but he injured himself while playing football in the warm-up on the first morning of the match.
He was also part of the squad for the third Test at home against the West Indies in November 2011 and the four-Test Australia series in 2011-12 but could not make the playing XI.
Sharma capped off an impressive T20 season as a skipper by securing second trophy in a year after winning the Indian Premier League season 6 in May and the Mumbai player admitted there were a lot of expectations from them.
“It wasn't easy for us. There were a lot of expectations and I think we held our nerve well. We showed a lot of character in the tournament,” he said.
Sharma said he was never worried about the form of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and called him a “great match winner” for the team.
Harbhajan took three wickets in an over during his haul of 4 for 32 to derail Royals' chase of 203-run target at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium.
