Shoaib Akhtar eulogizes Rohit Sharma by poking fun at Australia [Video]
Shoaib Akhtar eulogizes Rohit Sharma by poking fun at Australia [Video]
Indian opener Rohit Sharma knocked a match winning hundred as team India beat Australia by seven wickets to seal the three match ODI series 2-1 on Sunday at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The 32-year-old’s knock of 119 runs was significant to India’s interest after Australia had put up 286/9 in stipulated 50 overs. Rohit Sharma got a copybook assistance from the skipper Virat Kohli, who knocked 89 runs off 91 deliveries, as the Indian side chased down the target with 15 balls to spare.
Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar sang the praises for the Indian side and Rohit Sharma, making a mockery of the Australian bowlers by stating that the Indian opener beat them to a pulp.
"In Chinnaswamy, India bullied Australia, hammered them. India toyed around with Australia as if they were kids. They thrashed and humiliated them. When Rohit Sharma is on song, he doesn't care whether it is a good ball or a bad ball. He has so much of time, so much elegance when he plays his shots," Shoaib Akhtar said on his YouTube channel.
"Everything becomes easy for him, it comes very naturally to him. At a place like M Chinnaswamy, where it is conducive for batting, then Rohit Sharma becomes very ruthless. Usne maar maar ke bharta nikaal dia bowlers ka (He beat the bowlers to a pulp). He went after (Adam) Zampa, went after Mitchell Starc. The cut shot he hit was like the one Sachin (Tendulkar) hit me. Australia were annihilated today," said Akhtar.
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The series win was even more monumental for the men in blue, having been defeated utterly in the first ODI in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
The Indian team made a stylish comeback by defeating the Aussies in the second ODI in Rajkot and staged another superlative performance in Bengaluru to get even for the last ODI series loss to Australia at home.
The men in blue will now travel to New Zealand to take part in five match T20I series followed by three ODIs and two Tests.