'He Saved My Career...': IPL Presenter Thanks Rohit For Ignoring Coffee Incident
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Tanay Tiwari has shared how Rohit Sharma saved his career by ignoring a coffee spill incident during an interview, showcasing Rohit's friendly nature.
Indian Premier League presenter Tanay Tiwari has revealed how Rohit Sharma saved his nascent career by ignoring a spilt coffee incident during an interview, with a really small table between them, acknowledging that Rohit took it in his stride and didn't create a fuss about it.
Rohit has been known to have a friendly demeanour, and Tiwari's account of the incident reiterates it.
Tiwari has narrated an incident where the situation might have demanded Rohit to get angry at him, but he didn't show any such emotion.
'When I was an intern with the Mumbai Indians, I accidentally spilt hot coffee on him. I was interviewing him and it was a really small table, with a camera and in a rush, I spilt the coffee," Tiwari said while speaking on Ranveer Allahbadia's podcast.
'There was someone there from his team with him and she scolded me a lot, a lot. And I was 21 in 2017. I was about to cry, I was thinking my career was over even before it began," Tiwari added.
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The presenter narrated how Rohit didn't give a lot of attention to what had happened and just asked him to move on with it.
'He was like, ' Jaane de yaar, baccha hai (let it go, he's a kid.) You ask your question, it's only coffee that has spilt, don't worry.' He saved my career then," Tiwari said.
'Quite a few times [I've told him]. I met him and couldn't say anything except thank you. I told him, Rohit bhai, you probably don't know how much happiness you've given to how many different people," Tiwari added.
Rohit announced his retirement from Tests on May 7, and now ODIs are the only format in which he remains internationally active.
Rohit is currently plying his trade for Mumbai in IPL 2025, having scored 329 runs in 13 matches at an average of 27.41 with three fifties to his name.
MI play their next game against the Gujarat Titans, the Eliminator of this season, on Friday in Mullanpur. This is their best performance since IPL 2023, where they finished fourth on the points table, much like this season.
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