Chargers hero Rohit Sharma realised his feat against his home team only when a teammate told him about it
Chargers hero Rohit Sharma realised his feat against his home team only when a teammate told him about it
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Rohit Sharma is over the moon after completing his hat-trick against Mumbai Indians yesterday. |
The Mumbai boy's dream spell of 2-0-6-4 buried the team from his home city as Chargers won by the crucial game by 19 runs.u00a0u00a0
"Of course taking a hat-trick is a big achievement and I am happy. But, honestly I didn't know I had completed a hat-trick until one of my teammates told me about it, after that I started celebrating," said a beaming Sharma.
Talking about his class act, he said: "The plan was to try and bowl dot balls because if we could do that then it would increase the pressure on their batsmen and they would get out trying to go for the big hits. That is what happened. Abhishek Nayar's wicket was the turning point."
Sharma doesn't like being called a part-timer. "I always had confidence in my bowling, I have done well whenever I have got a chance to bowl at the international level and for Mumbai as well."
For those who have followed his career from school days were aware of his bowling prowess. Often for his school team, Swami Vivekanand, Borivli, he would bowl from start to end from one side.
"This was my second hat-trick. I remember a hat-trick in a Harris Shield match as a 14-year-old, when I took six wickets and scored a hundred. I remember getting a big headline next day in the newspaper," said Sharma.
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