Follow UsEarlier this week, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) had renamed a stand after Rohit Sharma in the middle of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. In the aftermath of that announcement, Rohit expressed his joy and added that it feels like a ‘dream come true’.
"When you start playing the game, you don't know how long you are going to play the game for; let alone all these milestones and achievements that you achieve while playing the game. But to get this kind of honour, having a stand named after you, is something that I cannot imagine,” Rohit said at a special event, reported Cricbuzz.
“But once I see my name there on the stand, it will be a very emotional moment for me and like I said, from not having to enter the stadium and now to have a stand, those two moments, so much has happened between these two moments so I am forever grateful.
"Now to sit back and think that there is going to be a stadium stand in my game, it is such an unreal feeling. It is something that I have never thought of and I will be forever grateful for this big honour in my life," the India captain added.
Rohit made his first-class debut all the way back in 2016, where he scored a 57. Since then, the Mumbaikar has played 46 matches for Mumbai, where he’s amassed 3972 runs and smashed multiple records.
"No one dreams of things like this when they are just starting off playing cricket. I still remember those days when I used to stand outside (the) Wankhede Stadium just to enter and watch Mumbai Ranji Trophy team practice; I am talking about 2004 or maybe 2003.”
"And then I played my first game at Wankhede. It was such a big honour because we only watched international games being played at Wankhede. And now to go there and experience the stadium, watch some of these greats taking the field and playing there was another different experience for me. Since then, there has been so many memories playing at the stadium.”