‘When I first met Rohit in…’, Ex-India bowler after dismissing MI captain

The most successful captain in IPL history, Rohit Sharma will be eyeing a record-extending sixth title when Mumbai Indians open their campaign against RCB on Monday. Rohit’s MI are one of the strongest teams on paper as they have some potent match-winners even in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah.

Ojha remembered said during the show ‘My Time with Rohit’ –

“When I first met Rohit in the U-15 national camp, everyone said he was a very special player. There, I played against him and took his wicket. He being a typical Bombay guy, didn’t speak much but was aggressive when he played. In fact, I was very surprised as to why he was being so aggressive with me when we didn’t know each other! But after that our friendship began to grow.”

Former India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha revealed that working with him was initially not easy when the two first met. In fact, the Mumbai batsman was getting ‘aggressive’ with Ojha after Ojha dismissed ‘special player’ Rohit in the first match played with both.

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Ojha remarked that Rohit’s relationship with his former opening partner Shikhar Dhawan showed signs of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly as batting together helped their friendship grow over time.

When asked about this comment, Rohit delivered a gem of a reaction –

“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),” said Rohit in a hilarious reply.