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‌SL vs IND | Twitter and Pant surprised at Rohit Sharma’s Sinhalese pep talk to Axar

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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The introduction of stump mics in sports has increased the crowd's amusement to the next level. Also, it's never a dull moment when Rohit Sharma is around the gadget as he was caught speaking Sinhalese behind the stumps, leaving Rishab Pant astonished in the third ODI between Sri Lanka and India.

Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka got off to an impressive start, courtesy of Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando’s 89-run opening partnership. The pair almost milked their way to the 20th over before Axar Patel got the breakthrough by inducing a top-edge after the drinks break. Notably. Axar’s toil was thoroughly backed by skipper Rohit from behind the stumps as the stump mic caught him encouraging the bowler in Sri Lanka’s local language.


Following six overs of pace, Axar was introduced in the attack against the Sri Lankan pair. The left-arm spinner kept things tight around the stumps and Rohit at first slip was heard saying,” anna hari, mēka hari”, meaning that’s right, that’s right. Initially, Rishab Pant didn’t bother much but Rohit repetitively uttered the same phrase, leaving the gloveman astonished. It was reported that Rohit learned a few Sinhalese phrases from the locals during the tour. However, applying it in real-time during a live match left the Twitterverse in splits.

Anna haari, Meka haari

Encouraging them

Struggling

All the best!

Nothing without Bumrah

Just nothing

Who is next?

Clueless

Brainless bowling

Lol

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