Rohit Sharma explains why he ate soil

After winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was seen eating a piece of soil off the pitch, which went viral on social media and invited all sorts of comments from social media users.

At Kensington Oval stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies, India defeated South Africa by seven runs to break their 11-year ICC trophy drought on June 29.

Amid speculations, the Indian captain himself has explained the circumstances what led him to eat a fragment of soil.

In an interview with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), he said it was actually hard to describe, but whatever was coming out it was candid and he just wanted to live for the moment.

"I don’t think I can describe that as nothing was scripted. Whatever was coming (out) instinctively I was feeling the moment when I went to the pitch, because that pitch gave us this (victory), we played on that particular pitch and we won the game on that particular ground as well," he said.

Sharma said since the pitch and stadium held a paramount importance for them as they won their World Cup final match here, therefore, he wanted to have its something with him.

“I will remember that ground forever in my life and that pitch as well. So, I wanted to have a piece of it with me.

“Yeah, those moments are very very special and the place where all our dreams came true, I wanted something of it.

“So that was the feeling behind it.”

It should be noted that famous tennis player Novak Djokovic has multiple times eaten grass from the court after winning matches.