Rohitstips helped me immensely:Tamore

Hardik Tamore has been with the Mumbai team for five years now, but the wicketkeeper-batter has been in and out of the team. However, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday, Tamore proved his mettle as his unbeaten 93 off 82 deliveries paved the way for Mumbai’s convincing victory against Uttarakhand in a Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture.

After being adjudged the Man of the Match, Tamore revealed that suggestions from Rohit Sharma helped him immensely.

“I was in Rohit bhai’s room yesterday for a couple of hours. He advised me that I should back my natural game and suggested a few things which helped a lot,” Tamore said.

While he fell seven runs short of what could have been his second List A century, Tamore put the team’s interest first over his personal milestone.

Coming in at a time when Mumbai lost quick wickets, Tamore rebuilt the innings and ensured that there was no slip-up. “When I walked out to bat, it was just 21-22 overs, so the target was to play our natural game till about the 40th over, and thereafter, as the surface eased out, we aimed for a 300-plus total, and I’m happy that we could reach that total,” he said.