Season-campaigner Rohit Sharma is one of the most experienced players in the current Indian squad. The 33-year-old has been playing at the highest level for 14 years now and was also a part of the 2007 T20I World Cup-winning Indian squad. The right-handed ‘Hit-man’ of India is regarded as one of the finest batsmen of world cricket with the plethora of experience he carries under his sleeves.
IND vs ENG T20I: What Rohit has to say to Surya and Kishan?
Ahead of the T20I series against England, Rohit Sharma has some piece of advice for his Mumbai Indian counterparts Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, who are seemingly going to make their international debut in the coming days. Both Surya and Kishan propelled brilliantly under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma for the Mumbai Indians in the past few years.
Their consistent form in the Indian cash-rich league earned them heir maiden Indian call-up. Rohit Sharma, while handing the debutants advice, said that they need to enjoy with the Indian squad and live in the moment. He insisted that both the players should make the most of the given opportunity and should try to adapt to the team culture.
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“I do not want them thinking about anything. Watching them closely for a few years now, I have realised that it’s important for them to come here and be part of this setup which the team has and the team has tasted success for all these years. I just want them to be having fun and understanding what this team is all about,” Rohit told reporters as quoted by India Today.
“Keeping in mind that this is the first time that they have been selected into the squad, they will be nervous, they will be thinking about performances and all that. It is important for people like me and some senior members of the coaching staff to tell them it is just another team that you have got to be a part of. You just have to enjoy the moment,” said Rohit Sharma.
“Thinking about performances and what I need to do if I get an opportunity will only put pressure on them. I think it is important for them to just have fun, relax and be part of this wonderful set up first and when the opportunity comes, I am sure, these guys have done well especially last year and it is about carrying that form and putting it out here.
“It would not be easy out here. They would be challenged but that is what international cricket is all about. You will be challenged now and then, it is about how you respond to those challenges. It is about telling them to have the right mindset and tell them about the challenges that lie ahead,” he added.
