Rohit Sharma, the star opener of the Indian Cricket Team, is currently preparing for the forthcoming bilateral series against New Zealand. Almost after a year, both the nations will be facing each other once again in the limited overs format on the Indian soil. Ahead of the first match to be played in Mumbai on October 22, the Indian opener met one of his Mumbai Indians (MI) teammates, Mitchell McClenaghan, who is one of the key bowlers of the black caps as well. Both were happy seeing each other after a long time with Rohit also taking a moment to test McClenaghan’s Hindi speaking skills.
Rohit checked how many Hindi words did McClenaghan know. On being asked to speak the Indian language, McClenaghan came up speaking two words,”Thanda Paani (Cold Water)” and “Nai, nai, nai, nai (No)”. His accent was decent and moreover, the entire conversation was interesting.
Here’s the video:
Trying to test his Hindi skills @Mitch_Savage pic.twitter.com/d7OO6rZ0nP
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) October 15, 2017
Rohit also shared a picture of him with McClenaghan having the morning coffee. Rohit expressed how “great” he felt after meeting his mate from New Zealand on a Sunday.
Great catching up with this guy @Mitch_Savage. Coffee and cricket, makes up a perfect Sunday for me! pic.twitter.com/ISA2WJP9pX
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) October 15, 2017
India and New Zealand are going to play a three-match ODI series followed by a three-match T20I tournament. The first match will be played in Mumbai on October 22. The series will conclude on November 7 with the last T2oI game to be played in Thiruvananthapuram.
The BCCI has also announced the ODI squad for the series. Players like Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami have been dropped. On the other hand wicket-keeper batsman, Dinesh Karthik and bowler Shardul Thakura have been included.
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