Rohit Sharma: Century is immaterial if the team does not win

Rohit Sharma

Perth: His last three international hundreds have been in losing causes and Indian batsman Rohit Sharma feels that even the best of knocks do not give a player satisfaction if the team ends up on a losing note.

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India opener Rohit Sharma hits a six during the opening ODI against Australia in Perth on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images

Rohit smashed his way to an unbeaten 171 in the first ODI against Australia but the home team comfortably won by five wickets here on Tuesday.

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'A great knock'
"It was a great knock and it is always important to start the series on a positive note. (But) it was disappointing in the end not to be on the winning side because that is what matters at the end of the day. How many runs you score doesn't matter if your team doesn't end up winning," Rohit told bcci.tv yesterday.

"Personally, it was important that I could get the team off to a good start and then carry on the momentum from there. That is exactly what I did."

Someone, who is now known for scoring big hundreds in the 50-over format, Rohit is happy that he is carrying on the good work after getting a start.

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"We always talk about this in our team meeting that one batsman needs to carry on and bat as long and deep as possible. One set batsman batting till the end makes a huge difference. I feel I have been doing that of late. I have been getting past 100 and then trying my best to get bigger scores after the century.

"Hundred is just a milestone, but you have to look at it from the team's perspective as well. I want to get big hundreds for the team."

The Mumbaikar that the team needs to check what went wrong. "We need to see where we went wrong."