Srinagar: Team India skipper Rohit Sharma is known for his one liners during the media interaction and on Tuesday made another funny one liner towarde Ishan Kishan, taking everyone by surprise.
Ishan Kishan turned 25 on Tuesday and Rohit Sharma found it perfect time to poke fun at youngster on reporters query about Ishan’s birthday.
Kishan scored his first-ever Test run for Team India in an encounter where skipper Rohit slammed his 10th red-ball century.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the 2nd Test match between India and the West Indies, Rohit hilariously insisted birthday boy Kishan score a century in his next game for the visitors. “What birthday gift he wants? Kya chahiye bhai tereko?’ (What do you want brother?) You have everything,” Rohit said when the reporter quizzed the Indian skipper about Kishan’s birthday. From reporters to even Kishan himself, everyone burst out laughing after Rohit’s cheeky response.
“We should ask the team about this. It should be the team’s contribution. Birthday gift tu hum logo ko dey bhai 100 – run karkey (You should give us a birthday gift by scoring 100 runs),” Rohit added. Two-time runners-up in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), India’s meeting with the West Indies will be the 100th encounter between the two teams in the longest format. Sharing his views ahead of the 2nd Test, Indian skipper Rohit admitted that the West Indies will make a comeback in the series decider after suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of the visitors.
“It’s an honour to be taking the Indian team into this game and it doesn’t happen every day. The two teams have so much history, so much of good cricket played. I will expect no different in this Test. I am sure they (Windies) will bounce back and it will be exciting for both teams,” Rohit added.
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