“It feels like a dream come true for me,” says young fast bowler Mohit Sharma, who became the second Indian cricketer to bag Man-of-the-Match on debut. He bowled brilliantly in fourth ODI and ended up picking two wickets for just 26 runs. India managed to win tis match by a huge margin of nine wickets and would be aiming for white-wash when they will meet Zimbabwe in their final encounter.
He was quoted by DNA saying, "Yeah, it all feels like a dream. But I have worked on my bowling and it is showing. I am ready to do well in whatever opportunity I am going to get. I was just focusing on keeping things simple and sticking to basics. I did not want to try too many things and it worked for me today.”
Mohit did very well for the Chennai Super Kings in IPL-6 which earned him a place in the squad. Though this young was fantastic with the bowl, he find it bit difficult to keep it tight during the overs of power-play. He was quoted by Deccan Herald saying, "It is difficult to bowl in Powerplays but we work hard in practice sessions. We create match situations during training and bowl a lot and that has helped in matches. And that is why we don't feel much pressure in matches.”
"Playing under Mahi bhai (regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni) and in pressure conditions has taught me a lot. I am just carrying that experience into the international level," he added.
Sharma is trying to stick to the basics rather than trying something new. His aim is to learn as much as possible from Joe Dawes and will try to work on his strength under is guidance.
He was quoted by Deccan Chronicle saying, "After coming into the Indian team I have learnt a lot from bowling coach Joe Dawes. It's just about sticking to the basics and working on your strengths and improving on that.”
"As far as learning new things in bowling, I can do that later and not in match situations. Now I want to focus on the next game and doing well in that as well," he added.