Rohit Sharma reveals consolation snack he saved helpful whereas taking part in Test cricket to beat nerves, cravings

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 19 (ANI): Indian batter Rohit Sharma revealed his consolation meals for midnight cravings throughout Test matches, revealing that the format would typically make him nervous and preserve him awake at evening. 

Rohit, who represented India in 67 Tests from 2013 to 2024, revealed his midnight consolation snack and the way Test matches would typically trigger him nervousness on his tv present, ‘Family Full House with Rohit Sharma’. 

Calling time on his Test profession final 12 months, Rohit scored 4,301 runs within the format at a median of 40.57, with 12 centuries and 18 fifties, with finest rating of 212. 

Sharing that the strain and nervousness of taking part in his favorite format would typically preserve him awake by means of the evening, Rohit revealed that his go-to consolation meals was his mom’s do-it-yourself banana wafers.

Speaking about his midnight cravings, Rohit mentioned, “Haan, hoti toh hai. Main jhooth nahi bolunga, lekin jab bhi main Test match khelta tha, andar bahut nervousness hoti thi. Toh Test match ke time khaas karke, kyunki yeh mera favourite format tha, Test match khelna (Yes, those cravings used to happen. I would not lie. When I would play Tests, I would feel nervous. It was my favourite format).”

Elaborating on the challenges of the longest format of the sport and the way it affected his sleep, Rohit shared, “Kyunki Test match khelna aasaan format nahi hai. Koi bhi format aasaan nahi hota, lekin Test match ke apne alag-alag challenges hote the. Toh Test match ke liye main hamesha nervous rehta tha aur nervousness mein mujhe neend nahi aati thi, toh raat bhar main jaaga rehta tha (Since Test cricket is not an easy format, so I would always be nervous, and due to that, I would struggle to sleep at night. So I would stay awake at night).”

Revealing what he would attain for throughout these late nights, Rohit mentioned, “Toh aap jaage rehte ho toh kuch na kuch khaane ka mann karta tha. Toh main hamesha mere saath mera comfort food rakhta tha, jo meri mummy hamesha bana ke deti thi, woh tha banana wafers (When you stay awake, then you feel like eating something. So I would keep my comfort food with me, which my mother used to make for me, banana wafers).”

Rohit additional revealed that the banana wafers weren’t fried however baked by his mom, making them a comforting snack he may carry with him throughout matches. He added, “Woh fried nahi hota tha. Meri mummy ke kuch tareeke the, woh bake karti thi usko aur woh main hamesha apne saath leke chalta tha. Toh kabhi bhi mann karta tha toh usse kha leta tha (The snack was not fried, my mother would bake them, and I would keep them with me always, having them whenever I wanted).”

The present will premiere on Sony Entertainment Television from Saturday onwards. (ANI)