Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma first appeared for India together during the 2006 Under-19 World Cup. They have been friends and teammates ever since. They share an uncanny camaraderie that is unfiltered.

Last year, moments after Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket, Rohit’s slip of tongue broke laughter at the press conference during India's Tour of Australia in December. “Pujara is hiding somewhere in Rajkot, so we don’t meet so often. Let me clarify, Pujara has not retired. You will get me killed,” he said.

Recently, during the book launch of The Diary of a Cricketer’s Wife, penned by Pujara’s wife, Puja, which Rohit attended, the India ODI captain reminded his former teammate about an incident that probably got left out of the book.

Rohit recalled the 2012 tour of the West Indies, where, despite his warning, Pujara did not pay attention and soon regretted his decision.

“I am sure it is not written in the book. Is there anything regarding that West Indies tour of India A 2012? What happened?” Rohit asked Pujara. That was when Pujara opened up on the incident. “I haven’t told. I mean, she is aware but she doesn’t know the details. I am a vegetarian. So we were looking for a vegetarian meal at night. It was in TNT (Trinidad and Tobago) where we went out at 11 in the evening. We didn’t find the meal but when we were walking back, I was mugged. I can’t tell you in detail about it but that’s the story he is referring to.”

Rohit added: “Moral of the story is that he can be stubborn,” he said. “We told him. We warned him not to go out in the night. Don't step out after 9 PM. This is the West Indies.”

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