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Not a lot has changed. Those pulled sixes at Durban in 2007 look just as crunchy as the ones he strikes now. The game may have moved on, but Rohit Sharma remains just as dangerous, and his game, just as uncluttered. He now returns in 2022, as one of the four players who remain from the original edition, and more importantly, as the Indian team skipper.

In an already-young and inexperienced team, Rohit was the youngest and the least experienced. The format was new, the territory unknown, and there was no template, until MS Dhoni’s men set it, aced it, and returned home with the inaugural T20 World Cup.

"When I was picked for that World Cup I did not go with any expectations about myself," Rohit said in Melbourne on Saturday alongside the other 15 captains who are in Australia for this year's T20 World Cup.

"I just wanted to enjoy the tournament and play the tournament as it was my first ever World Cup. I had no understanding of what it was like to be part of a World Cup and how big it was going to be until we actually won the World Cup."

Pressure? Nerves? Hah. He started off with a match-winning fifty against South Africa in a virtual quarter final and followed it up with a 16-ball 30 in the finals against Pakistan to finish the innings on a high. He now is in Australia, as a 35-year-old, a veteran of 140 T20Is, a five-time IPL champion, as India’s highest run-scorer in T20Is. A lot has indeed changed.

"It has been a long journey and the game has evolved so much. You can literally see how it is played now compared to what it was like in 2007. 140 or 150 was a good score back then and now people try and get that score in 14 or 15 overs," he said.

"Teams take more risks (now) without worrying about the result and I think that is a good way to play this format. It is something that our team is also trying to do. This is the kind of format where there is risk, but there are high rewards as well. We have got to be brave enough to take those risks and certainly be prepared to do that as well."

He know the feeling. He knows the high. He knows how it is done. 15 years is a long time. He has waited. The country has waited. It’s time to rewind the clock.