Rohit has led this Indian side from the front without being a brooding presence while as an opener the Mumbaikar often gave his side a rollicking start
India's fielding coach T Dilip has been leading the way, and his creative ways of recognizing the best fielder of the match have become a highlight after every Indian victory.
Looking at the team's current form, India is a favourite to win against Sri Lanka and Netherlands, with the match against South Africa being the bigger challenge.
An indicator of Rohit Sharma's fearless audacity against top opposition attacks is the number of sixes he has hit so far in the World Cup, which are more than combined maximums hit by any other team
India made short work of Bangladesh in Pune on Thursday to maintain their winning run in the tournament, as the likes of skipper Rohit, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill continued to sizzle with the bat.
Rohit Sharma missed out on his 54th half-century by two runs, getting out at 48 off 40 deliveries. With this innings, he overtook Lara to become the fourth-highest scorer in the history of ODI World Cups