Rohit Sharma Reveals The No.1 Football Player In Indian Team

Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma struggled to get going in the first two encounters against West Indies as he got out for 8 and 15 runs respectively. However, he put a smile on every fan’s face at Wankhede stadium, Mumbai by scoring his 19th fifty in T20Is. His better-half Ritika Sajdeh applauded the knock at the gallery. Rohit Sharma ended up scoring a scintillating 34-ball-71 with help of 6 fours and 5 sixes and ended the year on a good note.

India’s batting mainstays, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma ended the year as joint highest run-scorers in T20 internationals as both are tied at 2,633 runs each. In the latest development, the Spanish league LaLiga announced Rohit Sharma as their first brand ambassador in India. It has been learnt that Jose Antonio Cachaza, Managing Director, LaLiga India had announced that Rohit Sharma became the league’s first-ever non-footballer brand ambassador.

MS Dhoni is the best footballer in the Indian Team: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma who had a magnificent year across formats added that he was indeed thrilled when LaLiga asked him to be their brand ambassador. Rohit added that he watches a lot of football games as it was a good break from cricket. He also went on to reveal the best football player in the Indian cricket team. “While growing up I have seen a lot of football matches it was always a good break from cricket. I think MS Dhoni is the best footballer in our team,” Rohit added.

Rohit Sharma also spoke about the future of football in India. Football is the most-watched sport in the world but when it comes to India, cricket is seen as the first priority. Rohit said that it will take time for football to develop in this country. However, he hopes to see India dominating the international stage very soon.

“My brother-in-law is an avid football fan. He wanted to take up football professionally but at that point, infrastructure was not available. But today he can do it with the facilities that are available. It takes time for any sport to develop in a country. Look at where we were now in the 1930s in cricket and look where we have reached now. I hope it doesn’t take that much time for football. We want to see them play on the international stage soonest,” Rohit added.

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