‘I was desperate to get a wicket’

Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian cricket team, has now shared the story behind his well-known “Koi Garden mein nahi ghoomega” line.  On the stump mic during the second Test match against England in February 2024 at Visakhapatnam, Rohit could be heard urging his team to be more enthusiastic during the match.  

Over a year after the event, the star Indian batsman finally disclosed what sparked the conversation that became synonymous with him. Rohit disclosed that he wants his guys to give it their all on the pitch because it was a crucial point in the game.

“It was in Vizag, I saw the over ended and the players were leisurely walking as if they were in a garden. No one was running, there was no urgency in the field. I was fielding in the slip, we had spinners bowling from both ends. The game was hanging by a loose thread, it was an important game, we had to win. I had told the players in the morning that we need to put in some extra effort but they were having fun in the ground,” Rohit said on JioHotstar.

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Rohit Sharma also shared that India really needed a wicket at that point of the match and needed his teammates to be more active. India went on to win the match by 106 runs and levelled the five-match series 1-1.

“So I saw it for two-three overs and then said things can’t go on like this, you can’t play cricket like this. Everyone was just going with the flow which annoyed me and then I told everyone not to be like that. A partnership was going on, I was desperate to get a wicket. In such moments everyone needs to put in a collective effort. At that moment, I saw everyone being busy with themselves which I didn’t like,” he added.

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