The childhood coach of India’s OD captain Rohit Sharma revealed that he trained the batsman to become an off-spinner before batting at school, the post, which he handed over opportunities to open him, and the batsman never looked back.
Rohit Sharma, Indian batting stallwart, has been a full star of white-ball cricket, since he made it in the Indian team and started the specialty as the opener of the side under MS Dhoni’s captaincy.
He is one of the largest inauguration batsmen in the country so far, as he is the fourth highest run-scorer in Odis for India, with 11,168 runs in the 50-over format. His childhood coach, Dinesh Lad, has highlighted as a devastating batsman despite starting his career with some other ambitions as Rohit Sharma’s emergence.
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Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach discovered his batting talent ‘
Indian batting legend Rohit Sharma is often called one of the best from India in white-ball cricket; However, his coach Dinesh Lad revealed that he cited legend as a spinner in his early days in the game. He revealed that he saw Rohit as a promising off-spinner not with the bat in his hand.
He mentioned on a YouTube podcast with Gaurav Mangalani that, “I first saw him as a bowler, he was about 12 years old. I saw him playing a match against us. Then I told his uncle (uncle) that he was admitted to my school. The school started in 1995. Rohit saw him in 1995.
“It was much later that I found that he had equal caliber with the bat, when I saw him knocking on some of the best shots in school. One day, while entering school, I saw a boy knocking (batting). From outside, I saw that the bat was very straight and good. I did not know that it was already Rohit. When I went inside, he said what he said.
Rohit’s coach Dinesh Lad accepted his blunder, which impressed the initial career of cricketers
Sharma’s coach admitted that he made an explosion to the Indian Captain not batting in the net and only to make him a bowl, as he could not realize his batting talent first.
“Then I batted something in the net at number six or seven. Earlier, I never gave him a batting practice. It was my fault,” Lad accepted.
The childhood coach further explained how, handing over opportunities, Rohit excelled at the top of the batting order with a promising innings.
“He batted well. In a match, he went to number seven and scored 40 runs – a very good 40. The way he was batting, I felt that he had a very good talent for batting.”
“An idea came to my mind: it would be nice to make him open. When I asked he was very happy, and scored 140 runs as a opener. When I knew he should pay more attention to batting,” Lad confirmed.
Rohit Sharma to return to ODI with Australia series
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is likely to return to India’s ODI from the series upcoming series against Australia against Australia when he visits Australia.
Their return is delayed as India canceled its visit against Bangladesh and denied the same proposal as Sri Lanka; Therefore, Rohit, who is now involved in the format of only 50 overs, has not made any international cricket presence since the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
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