Perhaps, this was his magic recipe to win five IPL titles as Mumbai Indians captain. Rohit Sharma is a man with an uncluttered plan. Players need to play similar roles in IPL, domestic games: Rohit Sharma I hope more matches come here and we get to witness more such special knocks," said Jaipur resident Anuraj S Dhankar. It is a great stadium where MS Dhoni has scored 183. "It is huge for us that we finally get to see an international game in Jaipur. The fact that an international match is being played here after eight years has also driven the ticket sales up. Since other players are not in as much demand, I got more Rohit jerseys today to make sure I don't run out of stock," said Promod Jat. "Everyone asks for the captain's t-shirt. The small merchandise vendor outside the stadium confirms that it is Rohit's jersey that has maximum demand. This piece of stats adds up to the build-up. He lit up the stage with an unbeaten 141 off 123 balls in an ODI match against Australia. The last time the dashing India opener played here in India colours was in 2013. "In T20s who else? I hope I will get to see an entertaining innings from the new captain," he added. Standing next to him in the queue for the tickets, Sambhav Sharma was quick to react with, "of course Rohit for me as well". But what makes the occasion more special is that we will get to see him leading the side wearing the India jersey as a full-time skipper," said Sarthak Pungalia, a Class XI student. Look at his range of shots and daring game, I want to see that live at the stadium. Team India has oscillated between being outstanding and ordinary, and "I have bought the tickets to watch Rohit.
The series starts in Jaipur on Wednesday.
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