Amit Mishra revealed his chat with Rohit Sharma during the IPL 2024 when they were conversing about his age and inadvertently admitted to forging his age. This happened when Mishra appeared on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast on YouTube.
Mishra, one of the highest wicket-takers in the IPL, acknowledged that when he was a child, his coach had asked him to drop a year off of his age.
In a significant admission of age deception, Mishra disclosed that contrary to what was recorded, he was 22 years old when he made his Indian debut in 2003. His coach was the one who persuaded him to make the necessary adjustments.
"Let me tell you, I have a one-year discrepancy, and my coach helped with that. I didn't even know about it. The coach called my home and asked for one more year for me. It was quite an emotional story. I was surprised and asked, 'How?' He said, 'From today, you are one year younger; now you have two more years.' I agreed," said Mishra on Shubhankar Mishra's podcast.
Amit Mishra also talked about the chat he had with Rohit Sharma after a match between MI and LSG in IPL 2024. A video of Rohit pulling the legs of Mishra regarding his age had gone viral on social media.
Rohit asked Amit Mishra about his age and the latter revealed his age to be 40. However, the India skipper was taken aback by the reply as he could not believe that the veteran bowler was just three years older than him. Expressing his surprise, Rohit had said: "What 40? You're 3 years older than me?"
"You made your debut when we were in our nappies. That's when you made your debut. You made your debut when you were 20? added Rohit before Amit Mishra replied: "Yes. 20-21."
Recalling the lighthearted conversation, Amit Mishra hinted that the batting sensation might be older than his true age by jokingly speculating about what would have happened if he had chosen to ask Rohit about his age as well.
"If I had questioned that are you 37, what would have happened? But I thought, it's okay, we were joking, and he joked with me. And that's how it is with me, joking around with him. It's been going on for a long time, not just today," said Amit Mishra.
