Styris and Rohit were together in the Deccan Chargers camp in the 2008 and 2009 IPL, where the side won the title in South Africa. Rohit went on to join Mumbai Indians and led them to five IPL titles, followed by making India win the 2024 Men\u2019s T20 World Cup in June.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt (IPL 2008) was my first opportunity to be a teammate and see (and hear of ) Rohit Sharma. He was with us at the Deccan Chargers. He was 19 or 20 years old at that time and I could see then that this kid was something special. I\u2019ve just come back from Sri Lanka where I commentated on India vs Sri Lanka, caught up with him there and he\u2019s still the same guy that he was 16 years ago,\u201d said Styris to cricket.com.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In IPL 2008, Deccan Chargers finished at the bottom of the points table, with just two wins from 14 games. Styris felt the squad couldn\u2019t zero in a balanced playing eleven. \u201cThe very first year we were actually favourites to win it and we came last. Part of that was because we didn\u2019t have a great balance. We had great names on paper but you\u2019re only allowed to play four overseas players.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe\u2019d either load up the batting and the bowling would be weak, or we\u2019d load up the bowling and the batting would be weak. When we tried to load it up with all-rounders, we were a little bit bits and pieces and weren\u2019t quite strong enough in any of them and ended up coming last.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In IPL 2008, Deccan Chargers finished at the bottom of the points table, with just two wins from 14 games. Styris felt the squad couldn\u2019t zero in a balanced playing eleven. \u201cThe very first year we were actually favourites to win it and we came last. Part of that was because we didn\u2019t have a great balance. We had great names on paper but you\u2019re only allowed to play four overseas players.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also Read: <\/b> Funding For Test Cricket<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n