Why did Rohit Sharma eat pitch dirt after winning the World Cup?

After Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma won the T20 World Cup, a video went viral in which he tasted the soil of the Barbados pitch
According to Indian media, Rohit Sharma while talking about his process of tasting the soil of the Barbados pitch said that this pitch helped me lift the World Cup trophy and I wanted to keep a piece of it with me
"It wasn't all scripted, it just happened, I was feeling every moment, I will always remember in my life that pitch and ground in which we won the T20 World Cup," he said
Rohit Sharma says you know when I went on the pitch I was feeling the moment because this pitch has given us this trophy, those moments were very special, it was where all our dreams came true. , I wanted to take something away with me, that's why I tasted this pitch.
There was a debate on social media that Rohit Sharma ate grass like Novak Djokovic, Novak Djokovic ate center court grass after winning at Wimbledon.
It should be noted that on June 29, India won the T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa by 7 runs after a sensational match.