Shikhar Dhawan opens with Rohit for India and has opened with Warner for SRH in IPL.
That person is Shikhar Dhawan, given that he opens with Rohit Sharma in limited-overs for India and had done the same with David Warner for SRH in the IPL for a long time. Warner asked Rohit about his experience of opening with Dhawan.
Rohit said, "He is an idiot, He does not like to face the first ball. He likes to play the spinner but does not like to take on the spinners. I remember way back in 2013 when I started opening for India in limited-overs. It was my first game as an opener in Champions Trophy. So I told him to take the strike as I had not faced the bowlers with the new ball. And he was like, no Rohit, you have been playing for a while this is my first tour. And I said I mean the guy who is a regular opener does not want to take the strike.”
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"Then I took the strike and Morne Morkel was bowling and I did not see the first three balls because I was not expecting the bounce. That was my first experience with Shikhar, but now I am comfortable with him," Rohit added.
Since then, Rohit and Dhawan have added 4807 runs in 107 ODIs at an average of 45.30 and have 16 century partnerships to their name. They also have added 1743 runs in 52 T20I innings with 4 century partnerships and an average of 33.51, which is the most by any pair of openers in the format.
"Sometimes he is very annoying as well. In the middle, I am setting up the game and 5 seconds he is like what did you say. Imagine, you are under tremendous pressure and then this guy says all these things. It kinds of makes you frustrated," Rohit said.
David Warner also agreed with Rohit on that and said, "I am glad that you said that because when I was batting with him at SRH, I was hoping someone says the same thing. It is very hard to judge."