'Lazy Roosters', 'Messy Roommates', 'Curses': Rohit Sharma Opens Up About Team India Secrets

“Lazy roosters”: This is what Team India captain Rohit Sharma called his teammates as he opened a can of worms regarding dressing room secrets of the Indian cricket team in the latest episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show, streaming on Netflix. He was discussing with host Kapil Sharma the conversations that occur behind the stumps during Team India matches. However, his partner on the show, Shreyas Iyer, suddenly responded: “I don”t agree with this.” But the “Hitman” was quick in his reply: “then show it to me on the ground.” Rohit Sharma was referring to his method of communication with the team during matches.

Rohit also discussed his teammates with whom he would not want to share a room: Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan.

“I don”t want to share a room with them. Spare me. They are messy people. After practice, they just toss their clothes on the bed. Their rooms are always on DND (Do Not Disturb) because they sleep until one o”clock. When housekeeping comes for cleaning in the morning, their rooms remain closed. That”s why their rooms often stay messy for three or four days. It”s a problem for people around them. I don”t think I can stay with them,” the Indian captain said about Dhawan and Pant.

He also mentioned that he would be the person among the Indian players whose phone can”t be put on loudspeaker. Shreyas Iyer agreed with Rohit. “I can assure you that, in every conversation, there are at least a few curse words uttered in every sentence. From start to finish, and even in between… it”s riddled with curses,” Shreyas said about Rohit.

Rohit Sharma has also shared about Team India”s loss in the finals of 2023 ICC Men”s Cricket World Cup.

“We had a good momentum and the team was on autopilot. When the final began, we had a good start. Shubman Gill got out quickly. But then, Virat and I had a small partnership. We were confident that we could achieve a good score. Because, whenever you are playing in the final, I believe that if you put good score on the board in big matches, that puts pressure on the opposing team, even if it”s 100 runs, because they must score just as many runs. And any team can crumble under pressure. But, they (Australia) played good cricket – we even managed to take three wickets for just 40 runs. But then, they had a long partnership,” the Indian captain said.

Ritika Sajdeh, Rohit Sharma”s wife and also a hugely successful sports manager, was present in the audience.