5 dance moves of Rohit Sharma you must not miss
Indian Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma has a jovial personality on and off the field. He is exactly the opposite of a "khadoos" Mumbai cricketer, who is supposed to be showing character and being ruthless. Instead, Rohit is known to be a calm and easily approachable player and a leader.
It is Rohit Sharma's humor and attitude which keeps the team cool during crunch moments. Moreover, the dressing room atmosphere has also been a lively one in recent years. The 2023 ODI World Cup and title-winning 2024 T20 World Cup campaign saw the team making waves with their performance and winning hearts of fans through their off-field clips.
The 37-year-old has often been seen enjoying his time out of cricket and sharing everything on social media ranging from ad shoots to a vacation. On that note, let's take a look at the five instances of Rohit gaining attention due to his dance moves.
#1 Bhangra moves on arrival in Delhi after T20 World Cup victory
In a widely shared video, Rohit Sharma can be seen making Bhangra moves after he arrived in Delhi after the 2024 T20 World Cup title victory. Along with him, Suryakumar Yadav was also seen grooving to the beats.
Team India had arrived in New Delhi to meet PM Narendra Modi, as he hosted them at his official residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.
#2 Dancing with Virat Kohli during victory lap in Wankhede Stadium
After meeting with PM Modi, Rohit Sharma and Co. arrived in Mumbai for their victory parade from Nariman Point and to Wankhede Stadium. Thereafter, the Indian team attended the felicitation ceremony and took a victory lap of the stadium.
During the victory lap, Rohit and Virat Kohli entertained fans by dancing together when the DJ played the Chak de India song. Then, the entire team went into a jubilation mood and joined the duo. Notably, the crowd and players also sang Vande Mataram together.
#3 Shaking a leg with Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur
This was by far the most viral video of Rohit Sharma's dance moves. In November 2021, Rohit posted a video of him dancing to Koi Sehri Babu song along with Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur.
The trio's well-coordinated steps and their enthusiasm won the hearts of people, as the video often gets shared even after three years . Interestingly, the video was shared on the day when Iyer scored his maiden Test century on debut in Kanpur against New Zealand.
#4 Trying his hand at #DanceWithAlien challenge
One more example of Rohit Sharma living his life to the fullest was witnessed in 2018. He took on the #DanceWithAlien challenge of Musical.ly India and danced to the Dame tu Cosita song.
The challenge went viral in India as prominent Bollywood celebrities jumped on the bandwagon to replicate the alien's dance moves.
#5 Dancing for an ad film for Mumbai Indians
During IPL 2023, Rohit Sharma's dance moves in an ad shoot for Mumbai Indians went viral. In the video, Rohit can be clearly heard telling the ad-makers about his unwillingness to dance.
However, the latter part of the video witnesses him being in a cheerful mood and dancing along with teammates Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma.