If the legendary Indian opener Virender Sehwag had been in charge of selecting the 2011 World Cup squad, he would have included Rohit Sharma on the roster.

The likes of Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan were selected ahead of Rohit, causing him great disappointment. Sehwag explained why the former team management could have chosen Rohit.

"If I had been the captain or a selector, I would have surely picked him for the 2011 World Cup. But at that time he was not the Rohit Sharma that he is right now. He was a bit young and at the end of the day, it is the decision of the captain and selectors as to the team balance that they want,” Sehwag said.

"Maybe that snub motivated him to become more consistent and he realized that he had to score so many runs that he would never miss a World Cup again."

"You can only select 15 players for a World Cup and at that point, Yusuf Pathan had a couple of crucial innings just before the tournament that is, what maybe worked in his favor and Rohit Sharma had to be left out."

Sehwag was equally impressed by Rohit's performance against Afghanistan, in which he scored 131 runs off of 84 deliveries. "Rohit Sharma gave a clear message with his innings that score big hundreds even today he scored 30 more runs after getting to his hundred has already scored three double centuries. So it gives the opposition a clear message that if he settles at the crease for a long time, he will not spare you. He mathematically missed the double century even todayL(Laughs),” he added.