After progressing to Qualifier 2, Mumbai Indians (MI) opener and former skipper Rohit Sharma was in the headlines for his mind-blowing innings and for an old video where he mentioned the name Jitendra Bhatawadekar.

The interesting fact for which cricket fans are starting to revisit video is the short form of Jitendra Bhatawadekar, which is J.B.; that's similar to Jonny Bairstow's initial.

The promotion video where Rohit picked Jitendra Bhatawadekar was shot before the beginning of IPL 2025. To make this situation clouded with more speculations or amazements, after their successful match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Eliminator, Mumbai Indians from there shared a post with a picture and captain where we can see Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow stepping into the field together, and the caption said, 'Jitendra Bhatawadekar' instead of Bairstow, with a caption 'IYKYK' (If You Know You Know).

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Here is the social media post which amazed cricket fans

Rohit Sharma 🤝 𝐉itendra 𝐁hatawadekar - a superb 8️⃣4️⃣ (44) runs partnership 🔥

IYKYK... 👀😉#MumbaiIndians #PlayLikeMumbai #TATAIPL #GTvMI pic.twitter.com/sO2rbjeG14

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 30, 2025

The source of the 'mystery'

Before the beginning of the ongoing IPL, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav featured in a Dream11 promotion video with two Bollywood stars, Ranbir Singh and Aamir Khan. Sharma and Singh were facing challenges from Yadav and Khan to build their dream 11. So, as per the rules, they started to pick their favorite cricketers simultaneously. 

At that moment, Rohit picked up Jitendra Bhatawadekar. But who is he? Later, Sharma himself confessed that he had no idea what he was talking about and took a random name to confuse their opponent. As of now, there is no player named Jitendra Bhatawadekar in the cricket circuit. 

Watch the promo video here 

Aamir ke liye, Bhatawadekar ko dhundna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai! 😎

Aapne apni team banayi ki nahi? 🤔#Dream11 #AapkiTeamMeinKaun pic.twitter.com/PE11RhzXR6

— Dream11 (@Dream11) March 21, 2025