Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, India
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (Image Credit: Twitter)

Rohit Sharma and David Warner, on Friday, joined hands to have some fun at the expense of Shikhar Dhawan. The India and Australia openers did a live session on Instagram and spoke on a range of topics. One of the topic was Dhawan. While Dhawan has been opening the innings with Rohit Sharma since 2013, he has also opened with David Warner in the IPL.

Rohit Sharma minced no words to describe his batting partner when quizzed about him by the Australia star. The India batting ace straightaway called Dhawan an idiot and went on to share some weird habits of the left-hand batsman.

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“He is an idiot, He does not like to face the first ball. He likes to play the spinner but does not like to take on the spinners,” said Rohit Sharma.

“I remember way back in 2013 when I started opening for India in limited-overs. It was my first game as an opener in Champions Trophy. So I told him to take the strike as I had not faced the bowlers with the new ball. And he was like, no Rohit, you have been playing for a while this is my first tour. And I said I mean the guy who is a regular opener does not want to take the strike.”

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“Then I took the strike and Morne Morkel was bowling and I did not see the first three balls because I was not expecting the bounce. That was my first experience with Shikhar, but now I am comfortable with him,” added Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma (Credits: Twitter)

Since that Champions Trophy, the partnership between Rohit Sharma and Dhawan has gone from strength to strength. The duo is now considered as one of the best opening pairs of all time. Their partnership stands 4th in the chart for the highest opening partnership runs, stitching 4902 runs together between 2013 and 2020.

“Sometimes he is very annoying as well. In the middle, I am setting up the game and 5 seconds he is like what did you say. Imagine, you are under tremendous pressure and then this guy says all these things. It kinds of makes you frustrated,” Rohit further said.

“He has that weird thing, when he defends the ball and he goes back for a non-striker it is confusing whether to run or not. So I have decided, I am not going to run unless I see the ball going into the gap. I have missed many runs doing that but I do not regret that,” he added.

Warner then spoke about his former Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate too, saying that he has been waiting for someone to say that.

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“I am glad that you said that, because when I was batting with him at SRH, I was hoping someone says the same thing. It is very hard to judge,” said the southpaw.

Here is a clip where Rohit Sharma and David Warner could be seen speaking about Dhawan:

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