Rohit Sharma breaks silence on pitch invasion during IPL 2024 game, says “A little…”

Mumbai Indians (MI) opener Rohit Sharma revealed that he was a little scared when a fan entered the field and stood next to him during the 17th edition clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Wankhade Stadium. The Indian captain claimed that he was actually preparing the pitch while on the ramps when the incident happened on April 1. “He (the fan) just said I’m a big fan and I want a hug. Don’t do this, otherwise you will be in trouble. In fact, I was trying to prepare the field, slipping. Suddenly, Tim David, who was standing in the middle of the path, pointed at someone coming up behind me. .I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say, but this guy suddenly stood up next to me and I was a little scared, honestly,” Rohit said on the Club Prairie Fire podcast.

The MI player also spoke about wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. He stated that Pant is a person who makes him laugh a lot.

“The person who makes me laugh the most is Rishabh Pant. He’s a crazy guy. I’ve been watching him since he was a kid and I was disappointed for him when he lost a year and a half because of that incident (accident). And I’m happy that he is back on the field, but he is quite witty and the kind of things he does behind the stumps make you laugh,” the 37-year-old added.

In the end, Rohit said that when he usually wants to laugh, he calls Pant and then he says something and then they both laugh about it.

“He has his way of doing things, which I like about him. Even when he was recovering from an injury and not playing, he was still at his best at making me laugh. When I really want to laugh, I call him , there’s something he says and we all laugh about it,” concluded the right-handed batsman.

In the last game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Rohit became the first Indian to hit 500 sixes in T20 cricket. The most sixes in T20 cricket are by West Indies legend Chris Gayle (1,056 sixes), followed by WI all-rounder Kieron Pollard (860 sixes), Andre Russell (678 sixes) and Colin Munro (548 sixes). In six matches this IPL season, Rohit has scored 261 runs at an average of 52.20 and a strike rate of over 167, with one century.