India captain Rohit Sharma has stated that his infamous 'Koi garden mein nahi ghumega' argument arose after he noticed that at the end of an over against England in Vishakhapatnam, the players continued walking as if they were in a garden, with no urgency in their body language, which irritated him.

Rohit was heard on the stump mic during the second Test against England in Vishakhapatnam in February last year, shouting to his squad and ordering them to play with more energy.

The dialogue became synonymous with Rohit, sparking a meme fest and over a year after the hilarious incident, he revealed what made him say it.

“It was in Vizag, I saw the over ended and the players were leisurely walking as if they were in a garden. No one was running, there was no urgency in the field. I was fielding in the slip, we had spinners bowling from both ends.

The game was hanging by a loose thread. It was an important game, we had to win. I had told the players in the morning that we need to put in some extra effort, but they were having fun on the ground," Rohit said on JioHotstar.

The Indian captain stated that India needed a wicket at that point in the game and that his team should be more active.

“So I saw it for two-three overs and then said things can’t go on like this, you can’t play cricket like this. Everyone was just going with the flow, which annoyed me, and then I told everyone not to be like that. A partnership was going on, I was desperate to get a wicket. In such moments, everyone needs to put in a collective effort. At that moment, I saw everyone being busy with themselves, which I didn’t like," Rohit added.

England had won the first Test of the five-match series in Hyderabad, and India was anxious for a return. Ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah took nine wickets in the Vishakhapatnam Test, helping India defeat England by 106 runs.