by Suman Gupta
Mumbai: India’s dashing batsman Rohit Sharma, who has caught the attention of young budding cricketer with his flamboyance and explosive batting style, spent quality time interacting with young trainees at the the Rohit Sharma-CricKindom Cricket Academy, at Islam Gymkhana on Thursday afternoon.
The Mumbai-based Rohit shared his experience with the upcoming cricketers and offered them advice on different aspects of the game.
When a trainee informed him that he could not handle short-pitch bowling and was afraid of being hit, the batting genius promptly told the youngster that there was nothing to get scared about.
“If you are frightened of being hit and getting injured this game or any other sport is not ideal for you. Every cricketer, batsmen or bowlers faces injuries while playing, but you have to learn how to cope with it. Australian batsman Steve Smith was badly hurt and suffered a concussion in the Ashes series in August, but he took a break from the next Test, but came back to resume scoring heavily,” Rohit pointed out.
The dashing opener Rohit believes that there is no harm in attempting the big shots or trying to play a flamboyant cover drive. “If the guy is giving you results by playing the big shots, there is nothing wrong in that. Playing shots is not a crime, but, what we need to be careful of is, if the player is repeating the mistakes, then he needs to be told how he should go about it the next time,” Rohit stressed.
