Australia vs India 2018-19: The Game Looks Easy When Rohit Sharma is Out Batting - Glenn Maxwell

Australian Cricket team all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has hailed Indian National Cricket team vice-captain Rohit Sharma following his scintillating knock in the first ODI at Sydney. Despite Rohit’s valiant efforts, India went down by 34 runs in the three-match series.

Chasing a massive target of 289 runs, India lost their first three wickets within four runs. Since then, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni slowly stitched a partnership because another wicket at that point would have ended India’s little chances. However, Rohit slowly started to open up and play his shots while Dhoni struggled. Although Dhoni departed soon reaching his half-century as India kept on losing wickets at regular intervals.

Maxwell praises on Rohit Sharma

The dashing all-rounder from Australia admitted that the Mumbai batsman is good both against pace and spin and things look easy when he is in the middle. In addition to, Maxwell also note that Rohit Sharma looks effortless while hitting the ball.

“He is effortless (while) hitting. He seems to have a lot more time than other players, makes it look easy. I suppose that is the joy of watching him. The game has looked easy when he is out there batting and he hits the ball as he likes. He is good against pace and spin and hits the ball miles when he wants to,” Maxwell said while speaking to Direct Hit.

Moreover, Glenn Maxwell also stated that facing the new ball is one of the strengths of Rohit Sharma and he seems chilled and relaxed all the time. Maxwell talked about the game where Rohit smashed 264, the highest ODI score against Sri Lanka.

“This guy, you can’t stop him. He is quite chilled and relaxed. He doesn’t let things faze him. That’s for sure. Most of the times I had to deal with him, he’s been so chilled out. I suppose that’s one of his strengths, especially while facing the new ball,” Maxwell further added.

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With Rohit Sharma having an impact at the SCG, take a look at what Maxi said about the star batsman before India came to Australia@BKTtires | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/dufRtONENn

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