Former Australia cricketer Brett Lee said that he did not enjoy bowling against Rohit Sharma. He revealed the same while praising Rohit Sharma on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected.
Lee on Rohit Sharma
Former Australian pacer Brett Lee revealed his first memory of bowling against Rohit Sharma in a recent chat show. “He was flamboyant and aggressive but my first memory of Rohit Sharma was the sound of his bat.” He also added, “That’s the first thing I could think of; the knock of the bat from people hitting the ball right off the center — it’s a different sound.”
Rohit Sharma is one such name in the contemporary cricket world who can give nightmares to the bowlers. His too many records in limited-overs prove his dominance and aggressiveness. Even Brett Lee acknowledged the fact saying, “He is the kind of guy who is so mentally switched on, that once he gets through the tough period, he cashes in.” Lee also admitted how he never liked to bowl the dominating batsmen like Rohit Sharma at the top. “When you got guys like Sharma at the top of the order, who can dominate from early on, they are the guys I don’t want to bowl to. He is definitely in that class.”
Feeling is mutual
Interestingly these two-star players from opponent countries share a mutual feeling for each other. On the same show, Rohit Sharma revealed that the Australian pacer used to take his “sleep away”. He shared his memory from his first Australia tour in 2007 and revealed, “One bowler is Brett Lee because he didn’t let me sleep the previous night on my first tour to Australia in 2007, as I was thinking how to play this bowler who bowls in excess of 150 kmph.”
Since making his debut in 2007, Rohit has added 29 ODI hundreds and 6 Test centuries to his name which include three ODI double ton. On the other hand, Brett Lee is one of the best pacers Australia cricket has ever produced. From 1999 to 2012, he has scared a number of legendary names in world cricket while picking up 310 Test and 380 ODI wickets.
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