Fan asks Rishabh Pant about Rohit Sharma, India star gives hilarious garden reference
India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant gave a hilarious reply to a fan asking Rohit Sharma's whereabouts outside the airport as the Indian team left for England on Thursday, June 5. India will be playing a five-match Test series against England, beginning from June 20.As the team departed for the all-important tour, a fan was seen asking Rishabh Pant about where is Rohit Sharma. As the India captain has recently retired from Tests, he isn't a part of the squad. However, Pant came up with a hilarious reply giving a reference of Rohit's famous dialogue.advertisement'Wo garden me ghoom re hai (He's walking in the garden),' said Pant in the reply. The fan further goes on to ask Pant, if he would miss the garden. The wicketkeeper replied that yes he will indeed miss the garden.This guy has so much fun with the media. He always wears a positive attitude. He always smiles. Like this the pant should always be happy and garden me ghoomta rahe .#RishabhPant #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/VQYFwOPjcF— (@TheLoneWolf_17r) June 6, 2025
Rohit finished his career with 4301 runs from 67 matches at an average of 40.57 and a strike rate of 57.05. Rohit scored 12 hundreds in his career, all of which came in a winning cause.The right-handed batter also hit a whopping 88 sixes in the longest format, the second most by an Indian after Virender Sehwag (91 sixes). He led India in 24 Tests and won 12, lost nine and three ended in a draw.advertisementIn the IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League 2025), Rohit finished as the second-highest run scorer for Mumbai Indians (MI), accumulating 418 runs from 15 innings at an average of 29.85 and a strike rate of 149.28 with four half-centuries to his name.Meanwhile, following Rohit's retirement, Shubman Gill has been appointed as India's next Test captain, while Pant has been named as vice captain. The young duo will usher the team into a new era following the retirements of Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit.
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