Rohit Sharma has played for only two franchises in IPL and won 6 IPL trophies in his IPL career. Rohit has played with many players Indians and overseas. During his Deccan Chargers days, he played with some of the most unexpected players and in this article, we will list five of them. So here are 5 teammates of Rohit Sharma in IPL you might not know about.
#5 Manvinder Bisla
Manvinder Bisla was a lost talent of IPL. He is famous for his 89-run knocks against CSK in the finals of the 2012 edition which helped KKR to win the trophy. Bisla was part of the Deccan Chargers team in 2009 when he was with Rohit Sharma. He never got a chance to make it to the playing 11 of Deccan Chargers.
#4 Sanjay Bangar
Sanjay Bangar who is currently the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, played with Rohit Sharma in the inaugural season of the IPL when he was part of the Deccan Chargers team. Bangar also coached Rohit on the India team when he was batting coach of the Indian team for five years.
#3 Kuldeep Yadav
It is a very surprising thing to know that Kuldeep Yadav was a teammate of Rohit Sharma. Yadav was bought by Mumbai Indian in 2012 where he shared the dressing room with Rohit and also with Sachin Tendulkar. Kuldeep never got a chance to feature in MI’s playing 11.
#2 VVS Laxman
Former Indian cricketer and current head of the NCA and India A, VVS Laxman led Deccan Chargers in the first few seasons. Rohit Sharma played under the captaincy of VVS Laxman in Deccan Chargers. VVS always praised Rohit and back him for his efforts in the middle overs. At that time Rohit Sharma was a middle-order batsman.
#1 Shahid Afridi
It is the biggest surprise you will ever know that Shahid Afridi has played with Rohit Sharma. 2008 was the only year in which Pakistani players were introduced in the IPL and one of them was Pakistan’s legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi who was bought by Deccan Chargers. During his Deccan chargers days, Afridi shared a dressing room with Rohit Sharma.