Mumbai, Jun 27 (UNI) Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan feels that Indian team vice-captain Rohit Sharma always worked hard in his early years even though his body language suggested a calm attitude towards batting.

Speaking on Star Sports show Cricket Connected, Pathan said, “Lot of people are mistaken when they see a guy who has lot of time and he is slightly more relaxed than compared to Rohit.
Then you say he needs to work hard! Same things were said about Wasim Jaffer, when you look at his aura, when he used to run he used to run very relaxed, when he used to bat he had lot of time and we used to think – why isn’t he working hard – but actually, he was working really hard."
"Similarly with Rohit, from outside we used to think he might need to work more harder, he might need to put more application," said former all-rounder who featured in 29 Tests from 2003-2008.
"Whenever you talk to Rohit he used to always talk about sensible things, he used to always talk about working hard and he used to always talk about the team first as well, that is why you see some of the results he got at the captain of the Mumbai Indians team.
"He got the beating of not playing the world cup and then came back really hard because of a strong mindset after 2012."
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