Deepak Hooda ‘blessed’ to share dressing room with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma

Deepak Hooda, who made his debut in the first ODI against West Indies, said that he feels blessed to share the dressign room with greats like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. The all-rounder picked his first international wicket in the second game of the series, which Rohit Sharma and co won by 44 runs. 

Speaking to teammate Suryakumar Yadav on BCCI TV after the second ODI, Hooda saud that it was his childhood dream to get his debut cap from either Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni. It was fulfilled when the former handed the cap to him. 

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“I made my debut in the first ODI, it was an amazing feeling. You always work hard for that, before the match I spoke to you (Suryakumar Yadav). I feel blessed to be a part of the side. It was my childhood dream to get cap from either MS Dhoni or Virat Kohli. Getting the cap from Kohli was an amazing feeling. I worked on sidelining the distraction and work on my process,” Hooda said. 

The 26-year-old further added his goal is to keep working on the process and not worry about the outcome.

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“Good things take time but keep yourself ready. Obviously, it is a blessed feeling to share the dressing room with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. You always learn so much from them. I am just trying to learn from them. My goal is to keep working on my process with the same intent and not worry too much about outcome,” he added.

India have already won the series with one ODI to go. They face West Indies in the final game of the series on Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium.