Mumbai Indians (MI) stalwart Rohit Sharma is known for his magnanimous personality, as a lot of former and current players have vouched for it. The 38-year-old always finds ways to make his teammates and peers happy by making adorable gestures. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer Yash Dayal certainly won't forget the former MI captain's gesture after the MI vs RCB clash on April 07.
Dayal dismissed Rohit Sharma for 17 runs and gave RCB a dream start. While MI lost the match by 12 runs, the MI opener made the RCB pacer's day memorable by giving him a priceless gift. After the match, Dayal reached out to Rohit for a photo and also to get an autograph of the Indian captain on his RCB shirt.
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Rohit wrote on the shirt, "Best wishes". Dayal captioned the post: "Beyond grateful and unforgettable moment".
Rohit Sharma's adorable gesture was lauded by netizens, and they were quick to shower love on the MI opener despite the fact that he did not have the best days with the bat in hand against RCB.
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MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene lavishes praise on Yash Dayal for taking Rohit Sharma's wicket
After the match, MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene was quizzed about the former MI skipper's dismissal in the power play of the bowling of Yash Dayal. The former Lankan captain acknowledged the RCB pacer for outfoxing Rohit Sharma.
“Obviously, for right-handed batsman left armers, it is a natural thing for a lot of opening batsman and a lot of the right-handed batsman. It's been there for many years I can remember many teams doing the same thing, so it's just a natural angle and then creating that space. But yeah, I'm sure Rohit's been working on it, he's been practicing hard, and he's a very experienced player,” said Jayawardene in the post-match press conference.
“I'm sure that's not the thing, he was trying to give us a good start, and he played some really good shots. Yash bowled a good ball, it was a late swing, and fuller got through Rohit's defense. So I think when you have played the game for that long, I think you need to sometimes keep to the bowlers as well. I wouldn't read into that too much, but yeah, I mean it's something that I'm sure that he will work hard on it,” he added.
