Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mark Boucher has revealed that star batter and former captain Rohit Sharma often gives awkward hugs and handshakes to others. In a video uploaded by MI’s social media handles, the coaching staff of the franchises shared unknown facts about their players. Head coach Mark Boucher, batting coach Kieron Pollard and bowling coach James Pannent offered the behind-the-scenes glimpse into the dynamics of the MI players. “Coaches spill the tea on our players and you don’t want to miss this!” MI captioned the video.
“Rohit does not usually hug people a lot,” Boucher can be heard as saying, while responding to a query.
On being asked to name a player with an “unexpectedly loud
laughter”, Boucher picked wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan‘s name without any hesitations.
Pollard revealed that Suryakumar Yadav is someone who often makes autocorrect mistakes while texting, while he also called explosive batter Tim David as “absent minded”.
Coaches spill the tea on our players and you don’t want to miss this!#MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/JVtkuqqF3s
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 21, 2024
With three wins and four losses, MI are currently sixth in the 10-team points table. They defeated the Punjab Kings in their last match.
On Monday, MI will take on table-toppers Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood, Ishan Kishan, Vishnu Vinod, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Tilak Varma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka and Naman Dhir.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Squad: Sanju Samson (c), Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Navdeep Saini, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Tanush Kotian, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey and Kunal Singh Rathore.
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