Vijay Hazare Trophy: Mumbai team players heap praise on Rohit Sharma

Mumbais domestic players heaped praise on Team Indias traditional batsman Rohit Sharma who recently made his appearance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy VHT matchesThe tournament had started on December 23 with the title clash scheduled to be played on January 18Rohit whose last appearance in the tournament came in 2018 featured in two VHT matches this yearRepresenting Mumbai in two matches Rohit registered the score of 155 runs against Sikkim in his first game but departed on a golden duck in the second match against UttarakhandRecalling the first time he saw Rohit Sharma in a practice session Mumbais Suryansh Shedge said he observed the former skippers preparations and noticed that the 38yearold often talks about the gameFirst day when Rohit bhai came to the practice session I couldnt believe it at first sight But then I was really curious I wanted to know how he does what he does how Rohit bhai has reached that level and you know won so many trophies for our country I wanted to go through Rohitbhais routine So I was watching him closely during practice and one thing I noticed is that he likes to talk about cricket and hes always thinking about cricket he saidAngkrish Raghuvanshi who opened the innings for Mumbai along with Rohit said that he enjoyed watching him bat and also labelled him as a legendI had the privilege of opening the innings with him and we made a 140run partnership together out of which I got only 40 runs and he was just stonking it all around the ground I was having a tough time because I had to play the new ball I was leaving I was defending and then I just watched from the nonstriker and then he was smacking the bowlers he was sweeping the fast bowlers and it was just magical to watch from the nonstriker and Ive never seen batting like that with someone who I batted with hes a legend he saidMumbais allrounder Shams Mulani said that every player in the team wanted to showcase their skills to RohitWhen hes coming into the Mumbai team the aura that Rohit bhai brings is different and I thought that people got a lot serious they wanted to showcase their talent in front of him in the nets or whenever he was around they wanted to show how good they are in front of him and they wanted to express themselves in front of Rohit bhai said MulaniMumbai allrounder Musheer Khan recounted an incident where he shared the crease with Rohit Sharma saying I was at the crease during my hundred and he Rohit Sharma kept telling me to bat freely When there were only 2530 runs to get for the win he asked me if I wanted to bat I said No dada you take the strike and finish the game quickly and he did exactly that and we wonWith ANI Inputs