Champions Trophy 2025: 'Mera to yaar hi hai heera' 每 Shikhar Dhawan's special tribute to Rohit Sharma melts hearts
The Indian captain became the 2nd-fastest batter to reach 11,000 runs in ODIs. He achieved this milestone in just 261 ODI innings, surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who took 276 innings. Virat Kohli remains the fastest to achieve the feat.
India began it's Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with a win over Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In the clash, India skipper Rohit Sharma etched his name in history by becoming the second-fastest batter to reach 11,000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs).
The Indian captain achieved this milestone in just 261 ODI innings, surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who took 276 innings. However, Virat Kohli remains the fastest to achieve the feat, having done so in just 222 innings.
1?1?,0?0?0? ODI runs and counting for Rohit Sharma! ??
〞 BCCI (@BCCI) February 20, 2025
He becomes the fourth Indian batter to achieve this feat! ??
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Shikhar Dhawan's praise for Rohit Sharma
Former Indian opener and Champions Trophy legend Shikhar Dhawan, who was present at the venue and even joined the commentary panel praised his opening partner Rohit Sharma. When the 'Hitman' smashed a boundary, Dhawan used a famous phrase to compare him to a diamond saying, "Kisi ke naak me heera, kisi ke kaan me heera. Mujhe heero se matlab kya, mera to yaar hi hain Heera."
Shikhar Dhawan's commentary for Rohit Sharma:
〞 Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 20, 2025
"Kisi ke naak me heera, kisi ke kaan me heera. Mujhe unse kya lena dena, kyonki mera to yaar hi hain Heera". pic.twitter.com/ABuS9gjNT3
Rohit Sharma's return to form
The Indian skipper's form had been under scrutiny before the Champions Trophy. It was due to his lackluster performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. However, he silenced critics with a stellar century in the second ODI against England. At Cuttack's Barabati Stadium, he powered his way to a century off just 76 balls, scoring 119 off 90 deliveries, including 12 fours and seven sixes, leading India to chase 305 with 33 balls to spare.
Despite struggling during the Australian tour, where he only reached double digits once, Rohit found his rhythm against England. His resurgence provided India with much-needed confidence heading into the Champions Trophy.
India's squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Non Travelling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube. The three players will travel to Dubai as and when required.
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