A day after leading India’s successful 287-run chase against Australia to seal a 2-1 series win in Bengaluru with his 29th ODI century, the Indian opener, Rohit Sharma was in the mood for some fun as he trolled teammate and close friend Yuzvendra Chahal on Twitter.
Rohit tweeted a photo of wrestler and actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson along with a shirtless picture of Yuzvendra Chahal, tagged the leg-spinner and wrote: “Best picture I saw today. India wins the series but someone else takes the headlines. Bravo!!”
Best picture I saw today. India wins the series but someone else takes the headlines. Bravo!! @yuzi_chahal pic.twitter.com/dN0RXh05q9
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) January 20, 2020
Yuzvendra Chahal simply replied saying “The rock” along with a flurry of emojis. For the uninitiated, “The Rock” was Dwayne Johnson’s ring name in his wrestling days.
The rock 😜😂💪 https://t.co/F1aPLj0pUs
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) January 20, 2020
This is not the first time Rohit has had a go at Chahal over his muscles. Once, appearing in an episode of ‘Chahal TV’ – a chat show hosted by the leg-spinner – Rohit was asked the secret behind his power that allows him to hit sixes so frequently. “You don’t need muscles to hit sixes,” Rohit started off when Chahal interrupted him saying “So I can hit them too?” “Yeah, of course, you can, but you have good muscles,” Sharma said before asking him to flaunt them.
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Rohit played a match-winning knock of 119 as India chased down 287 against Australia in the third ODI in Bengaluru. He was named the player of the match for his fine knock. He also crossed the 9000-run mark in the ODIs. The win saw India clinch a close-fought series 2-1 after they lost the opener in Mumbai.
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Team India will now be locking horns with the Blackcaps in New Zealand for the complete tour. The tour will comprise of as many as 5 Twenty-20 Internations (T20Is), three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and a couple of Test matches. With the Indian squad for the T20I series already announced, the ODI and Test squads are yet to be announced.
