Cricket Meets Music: Rohit Sharma and Ed Sheeran in One Frame
Image Source: Oaktree Sports'
Rohit Sharma, the captain of India’s cricket team, and global superstar Ed Sheeran appeared together for an exclusive interview on the YouTube channel Oaktree Sports’. This interview was hosted by Gaurav Kapoor and premiered on April 12th.
The interview was filmed the day after Ed Sheeran’s appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show. He mentioned the shooting lasted for four hours, including a Bhangra performance on “Shape Of You”.
Gaurav’s first question was, “Do you ever get scolded by your team, saying, ‘No, you can’t do all of this; you’re a celebrity’?”
Ed Sheeran responded, “100 percent, we literally had a meeting about this.” He also added, “It’s all about exploring stuff and like doing something, failing, learning, trying something different, and learning, and I don’t think you can become a master at anything without failing.”
During the show, the world-renowned singer asked Rohit, “After you’ve retired, can you see yourself running well or having a team and bringing in all the talent?” to which he replied, “I haven’t really thought about it…” and said he wants to play a few more years until India wins the World Cup.
The host revealed Rohit’s daughter is a big fan of Ed Sheeran, who was present there. The cricketer said, “The first music she wants to listen to is ‘Shape Of You.'”
Ed Sheeran said, “‘Shape of You’ and ‘Perfect,’ these songs travel everywhere.”
Ed also shared that during this trip he got to hang out with Shah Rukh Khan, “so we had dinner, we danced, we sang, we drank. Yeah, it was good.”
When asked about the moment when he thought he made it, Rohit replied it was his first century in a test match in Kolkata. In reply to the same question, Ed Sheeran mentioned it was back in 2015, his concert at Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 audience.
The singer admitted, “I didn’t want to put ‘Shape Of You’ on the album,” taking the host and the guest by surprise.
Ed Sheeran also met Shubman Gill and shared his impressions saying “He is a very chilled bloke, isn’t he?”, to which Rohit replied, “No, he is not.”
On working in the Bollywood industry, Ed Sheeran said, “That feels like the first thing I would like to get involved with.”
Ed Sheeran shared that he cured his stutter by listening to Eminem’s music and is a huge fan of him.
Rohit Sharma concluded by saying that he loves batting with Adam Gilchrist and the late Andrew Symonds.
The show wrapped up with the host and the guests saying, “MEME us up!”
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