Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has been announced as the first-ever India brand ambassador of the Spanish football league La Liga. While speaking during the announcement in Mumbai, he also revealed that MS Dhoni is the best footballer in the Indian cricket team.
Rohit was glad to be announced as the first non-footballer ambassador of La Liga in India. He has always been a fan of the game and now has an amazing opportunity to spread the craze of the game in India.
He said, “I am truly delighted to be associated with La Liga. It’s encouraging to see the Spanish giant have made inroads into the Indian football ecosystem through their grassroots programme. Personally, I see this as an interesting journey for me into the beautiful game with La Liga. I look forward eagerly to connecting with the football fans in India.”
He was then asked about who is the best footballer in the Indian cricket team and he was at his witty best with the answer. He claimed that Dhoni was the best football player in the team but they also had a Zlatan Ibrahimovic in their side. Ishant Sharma has been nicknamed as Zlatan by a few because he looks similar to the Swedish footballer.
Rohit said, “There are lots of them actually, we have got Zlatan Ibrahimovic in our squad as well, that’s Ishant Sharma. MS Dhoni is the number one football player.”
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He also revealed that his favourite player was Zinedine Zidane and Spain was his favourite team because of their attacking style of play. He also mentioned Real Madrid as his favourite football club for the same reason of aggression.
“This is not because I am associated with La Liga. I used to love Zinedine Zidane, I watched him play and that’s how I started watching football regularly and Spain obviously because of their skills, how they play football. Real Madrid is again because of the skill and passion, how they play and how much skills they have within the group,” the 32-year-old said.
(Inputs from PTI)
