Rohit Sharma, The all-format Indian captain recently led the Indian team to win both the ODI and T20I series against Jos Buttler-led England in their own backyard. He continued his dream run as the captain of the Indian team. The visitors won both the T20I series and ODI series with a margin of 2-1.
The Mumbaikar was rested from the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against West Indies along with several senior players considering the workload management policy. India will play multiple limited-overs matches leading into the T20 World Cup in the October-November window this year. The highly-anticipated ICC event will take place in Australia.
The marquee opener will be marking his comeback in the first T20I against West Indies today (July 29) as the five-match T20I series begins today. The five encounters will take place with a maximum of one day’s rest, while two encounters in the mid-phase of the series are scheduled on two consecutive days.
Rohit Sharma’s epic response:
Meanwhile, A video of Rohit Sharma’s comical response to an Indian reporter namely Vimal Kumar is doing rounds on Social Media. The Indian skipper responded in an unexpected way when the reporter asked him to react to Pragyan Ojha’s comments on Shikhar Dhawan.
Pragyan Ojha, The former Indian off-spinner had earlier made some statements about the bond between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. He backed the left-handed opener to make it into the Indian squad for the World Cup 2023. Ojha confessed that Dhawan has been well-backed by the skipper Rohit Sharma.
Here’s the conversation between Rohit Sharma and the Reporter:
“Your old friend Pragyan Ojha has commented that the way Tendulkar and Ganguly’s professional relationship turned into a friendship by opening the innings together, Shikhar and you have part of a friendship too. Tell us something about it?” asked the reporter.
“Pragyan? Pragyan aaj kal commentary karne laga hai kya? Sahi hai, chalo achhi baat hai (Pragyan? Has he started doing commentary? Well, alright, it’s good),” Sharma replied.
Watch the video:
https://twitter.com/KuchNahiUkhada/status/1552851659398688768?s=20&t=SHgG84kjlMgPWu78578URg