‌SL vs IND | Twitter and Pant surprised at Rohit Sharma’s Sinhalese pep talk to Axar

Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka got off to an impressive start, courtesy of Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando’s 89-run opening partnership. The pair almost milked their way to the 20th over before Axar Patel got the breakthrough by inducing a top-edge after the drinks break. Notably. Axar’s toil was thoroughly backed by skipper Rohit from behind the stumps as the stump mic caught him encouraging the bowler in Sri Lanka’s local language.

Following six overs of pace, Axar was introduced in the attack against the Sri Lankan pair. The left-arm spinner kept things tight around the stumps and Rohit at first slip was heard saying,” anna hari, mēka hari”, meaning that’s right, that’s right. Initially, Rishab Pant didn’t bother much but Rohit repetitively uttered the same phrase, leaving the gloveman astonished. It was reported that Rohit learned a few Sinhalese phrases from the locals during the tour. However, applying it in real-time during a live match left the Twitterverse in splits.

Anna haari, Meka haari

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma encouraging his bowlers with the Sinhala phrase 'අන්න හරි, මේක හරි,' just like the Sri Lankan fielders. 

— Azzam Ameen (@AzzamAmeen) 

Encouraging them

  

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma encouraging his bowlers with the Sinhala phrase 'anna hari, mēka hari' meaning "that is right this is right"

just like the Sri Lankan fielders. 

— VijayKumar H K (@VijayKumarHK8) 

Struggling

"Siraj struggles against Sri Lanka, giving away 48 runs in 5 overs without a wicket. Sri Lanka looks set for a big total! 

— Hemant Bhavsar (@hemantbhavsar86) 

All the best!

आफ्टर 616 days Back in ODI

All the best Champ       

— Goldy (وقار) (@goldybihari) 

Nothing without Bumrah

Avishka whooping the shit out of Siraj. Legit without Bumrah our fast bowling unit sucks balls

— 🆁🅾🅻🅴🆇ᶜʳⁱᶜᵏᵉᵗᵍᵉᵉᵏ (@RoshanSriram123) 

Just nothing

Without Bumrah, the Indian bowling lineup is nothing.   

— Indian Media (@Dogla8) 

Who is next?

Oddly satisfying to see KL Rahul out of the team. Guess the next man to go will be . Their role in the final loss to Australia during the ODI World Cup will never be forgiven or forgotten      

— Rohitan4ever (@Thereddevil900) 

Clueless

Siraj is now clueless against his fav team as well. Don’t have words😡

— Rohan🕊️ (@rohann__18) 

Brainless bowling

Mohammad Brainless Siraj is at it again.



Should be removed from ODIs & T20Is.

Also RCB should get rid off him. 

— Yudi (@Kricmaniac) 

Lol

Siraj are you playing for us or them??

— Harmanpreet Supremacy (@Kinofsleep)