Me and Shikhar Dhawan know each other quite well and that helps a lot on the field: Rohit Sharma

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Team India's vice-captain in the limited-overs cricket, Rohit Sharma, and his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan share a great camaraderie with each other both on the off the field. Both the star players have been involved in many great partnerships over the years in the white-ball cricket.

Since coming in the light as an opening pair during India's victorious 2013 Champions Trophy campaign, both Rohit and Dhawan have played memorable knocks together and become one of the finest opening pairs in the history of Indian cricket.



Opening up about his relationship with Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma said while speaking with Mayank Agarwal and Dhawan on the series 'Open Nets with Mayank' hosted by bcci.tv.

"More than anything on the field, we share a great relationship off the field. Knowing each other so well, understanding each other's comforts and discomforts, that is very important. We shared rooms together when we went on India-A tours. So we have got a lot of history together. As a person, we both know each other quite well and that helps a lot on the field".

Shikhar Dhawan too admitted the same and hoped they continue to play for India in the years to come. "We clicked on the field from day one and especially after we started opening for India in the 2013 Champions Trophy. However, we shared a good friendship even before that, right from the U-19 days".



"So that comfort reflected during our partnerships on the field. It has been a beautiful journey with him. I have enjoyed it thoroughly and hopefully, we can carry it for another few years," Dhawan added.

Rohit Sharma revealed a funny incident with Shikhar Dhawan about the later's singing during a match against Bangladesh in 2015 where Shikhar Dhawan started singing loudly in the middle of the field which left the bowler and batsman amused.

"We were playing in Bangladesh in 2015 as I was standing in the first slip and Shikhar was in third slip. Suddenly he started singing very loudly. The bowler was already in his run-up and the batsman, Tamim Iqbal, was left amazed. He didn't understand where the noise was coming from".

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"It might not sound as funny right now but when it happened on the field we couldn't control our laughter, it was really funny," Rohit added.

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