Rohit Sharma Makes Waves In Hollywood, Gets a Shout-Out From Marvel Star Hugh Jackman

Rohit Sharma's popularity is not only limited to the annals of cricket. The waves of India's T20 World Cup win have reached Hollywood too as two of the biggest stars of the industry Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are in knowledge of what has transpired in the field of cricket recently. During the promotion of their upcoming Marvel flick, Deadpool & Wolverine, the stars especially Jackman, who hails from Australia, had some words to spare on India's win and picked Rohit Sharma as the current favourite player from Team India.

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Rohit Sharma gets a mention from Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman is preparing for the release of the eagerly awaited Deadpool & Wolverine. In a recent interview on Marvel India's YouTube shorts channel, Hugh also discussed cricket, a sport he deeply enjoys. When asked to name his favourite cricketer from India, he vehemently took the name of Rohit Sharma. However, kept his team Australia above India.

“Right now? Rohit [Sharma]. You took the [World] Cup home! I'm glad. But honestly, he was a beast!” Ryan Reynolds, who also sat beside him, nodded in agreement and said, “This is amazing!”

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Rohit Sharma walked off after attaining glory

India skipper Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 Internationals after guiding the team to its second World Cup in the format, describing it as the perfect time to "say goodbye".

This was after his long-time teammate Virat Kohli brought down curtains on his fabled career minutes after India defeated South Africa by seven runs at the Kensington Oval in the final.

"This was my last game as well. No better time to say goodbye. I wanted this (trophy) badly. It's very hard to put in words," Rohit told the post-match press conference.

"This what I wanted and it happened. I was very desperate for this in my life. Happy that we crossed the line this time," he added.
The 37-year-old had led India in the 2022 T20 World Cup where the team was ousted in the semifinals by eventual champions England.

A year later, India reached the final of the 50-over World Cup at home under his leadership, but succumbed to Australia in the summit clash at Ahmedabad.

Rohit leaves T20Is with 4231 runs from 159 matches, having made five hundreds and 32 fifties. He continues to be active in the Test and ODI formats.

(With inputs from PTI)