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Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar is pro-active on social media nowadays and especially on his Youtube channel. When it comes to praising someone, he definitely knows how to spill benas, and is as good when it comes to thrashing someone on social media.
Recently, on his Youtube channel, Shoaib was seen praising Rohit Sharma after the opener smashed a magnificent 119 in the final ODI against Australia. In the context of the series and individually as well, it was an important knock from the ‘HITMAN.
Impressed with Rohit’s knock the former pacer on his Youtube Channel said,
“When Rohit is on a song then he doesn’t care whether the ball is good or bad because he has so much of time, he has so much of elegance when he plays the shots. It (batting) comes very easy and naturally to him.”
Furthermore, he was really impressed with the way Rohit played the upper cut off Mitchell Starc which went into the stands. His magnificent shot reminded him of Sachin Tendulkar‘s famous uppercut during India vs Pakistan 2003 World Cup game.
“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,” added Akhtar.
The series win was even more monumental for team India as the mighty Aussies have been doing really well in recent times. Many picked Australia to possess an indifferent challenge for the men in Blue, and they did the same in the first ODI by winning it effortlessly by 10 wickets.
Rohit Sharma and Virat‘s partnership was the turning point for India and they remained upbeat in the home season which started from September 2019.