Rohit hails Pakistan-born net bowler after fiery session

Dubai, Feb 19: With his quick Yorkers directed at Rohit Sharma's toes, Pakistan-born net bowler Awais Ahmed caught the attention of the cricket world, including the revered India skipper.

Rohit praised the bowler after facing some fiery deliveries in the nets, and the India captain also playfully told the young pacer that he was "trying to break his legs" with his toe-crushing yorkers.

"You're a class bowler. Aap hamara joota, pair todne ki koshish kar rahe the inswinging yorker maarke. Badhiya! Thank you, aap log idhar aake humko help kar rahe ho, bada achha lag raha hai (You're a top-class bowler). With your inswinging yorkers, you were trying to break my legs. Well done! Thank you for coming here and helping us," Rohit said.

The India skipper also spoke about Awais and his other net-bowling colleague Wasim Akram during the pre-match press conference here on Wednesday.

"Both of them were really good bowlers. I got a lot of feedback from our batters that they were really, really good. That's about it, and we had a little bit of time to chat with them as well, they live here," Rohit said.

"Other than that, I don't know much about them. This was the first time we saw them, and they were both really, really quality bowlers," he added.