On Tuesday, he shred all the media-trained sophistication to be in his elements. And it was in his elements that he had butchered the RCB attack a couple of hours earlier and found success - for himself and his team. There was little reason for him to show up otherwise.
Source: cricbuzz.
Kindly advise what they mean by "shred all media-trained sophistication" and also "In his element" in this particular paragraph.
com/cricket-news/101641/rohit-sharma-returns-to-form-in-quintessential-style-mumbai-indians-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2018 is that this is not written by a native English speaker. I would write "he shredded" rather than "he shred", but certain dictionaries do sanction "shred" as an alternative past tense. Assuming "shred" is the verb intended, I suppose it is used in the sense of "completely destroy".
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My impression from the article http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/101641/rohit-sharma-returns-to-form-in-quintessential-style-mumbai-indians-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2018 is that this is not written by a native English speaker.
I would write "he shredded" rather t
Only this makes sense:
On Tuesday, he shed all the media-trained sophistication to be in his element.