Rohit Sharma leading Indian cricket team is currently playing in Sri Lanka in a T20I tri-series which is called Nidahas Trophy. Hosts Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh are in this tri-series where India and Bangladesh qualified for the final of the tournament that will be played on Sunday night. Before the final, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma tried to learn the Sinhalese language from the two very popular Sri Lankan cricket fans.
Indian stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma tried to learn the Sinhalese language from Mohamed Nilam and Gayan Senanayake, who are very popular among the Sri Lankan cricket fans. Both the Sri Lankan cricket fans have the very strong relations with the Indian cricket team.
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Recently, BCCI.TV shared a video where Rohit is trying to learn the basic Sinhalese language from the two Sri Lankan cricket fans. In the introduction part, Rohit said, “Hello guys! Today is a very special day for us as I have two special guests with me. On my left is Mr. Nilam – one of the true supporters of Sri Lanka cricket and on my right is Gayan, again another popular face in Sri Lanka cricket.
“You must have seen these two guys every time Sri Lanka plays cricket wherever in the world. Not just in Sri Lanka, whenever they have time, they travel to Sri Lanka just like we have Sudhir and few of the other guys travel with us. So, their support and their encouragement towards the team is been lot and so I’m here to learn little bit of Sinhalese, their local language.”
Rohit Sharma gave them some simple and basic sentences which they translated in the Sinhalese language. The sentences were at the following:
- Hello, how are you?
- I am good.
- My name is Rohit Sharma.
- I am with two of the Sri Lankan cricket fans.
- Indian team loves your support.
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Rohit found the Sinhalese language little tough but enjoyed that. He also believes that it is important to learn little bit basic because now they occasionally travel in this country to play cricket.
Rohit also said, “I love these two guys.” The stand-in Indian skipper also mentioned that they have been following him since 2006, which was his first Sri Lanka tour.
Here is the link to that full video:
https://www.facebook.com/IndianCricketTeam/posts/1797264600295225
