Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri has made a special demand for Rohit Sharma after a stand was unveiled in his name at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, May 16. Rohit was honored by the Mumbai Cricket Association on Friday, May 16 for his contribution to cricket. A special stand has been made for him at the Wankhede.
Rohit Sharma ‘s parents honoured their son by unveiling the stand named after him. Along with Rohit, the MCA also felicitated former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar and former BCCI president Sharad Pawar. Many celebrities were present at the event, one of whom was Ravi Shastri. The former Indian coach hugged Rohit and then in his own special style asked him to hit a six on the stand named after him.
Ravi Shastri joked with Rohit Sharma
During the opening ceremony, former India coach Ravi Shastri joked with opener Rohit Sharma that he has to hit it to his stand too. After hugging Rohit Sharma, former India coach Ravi Shastri said that he should hit a six in the stand named after him. The former coach said, “Hit one there.” Rohit was laughing after hearing this and replied, “It will be done.”
Seeing the stand being built in his name at Wankhede, Rohit Sharma said that what is happening today, I had never imagined. You try to achieve many achievements but this is something special because Wankhede Stadium is different and many memories have been made here. He said,
“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍.”
Rohit, who retired from T20 cricket after leading India to the World Cup last year, said,
“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 21𝒔𝒕 (𝑰𝑷𝑳 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒊 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍.”
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