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The stand was inaugurated by Rohit’s father Gurunath Sharma and mother Purnima Sharma at Wankhede Stadium
A stand of Wankhede Stadium has been named after Indian ODI captain Rohit Sharma. It is a level-3 stand, earlier known as Divecha Pavilion. Rohit’s father Gurunath Sharma and mother Purnima Sharma inaugurated the stand on Friday.
On this occasion, Indian ODI team captain Rohit said- I never thought in my dream. It is a special feeling for me to have your name among the great players of the game. Rohit was accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and National Congress Party Chief (NCP) Sharad Pawar. Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket on 7 May. He shared the story on his Instagram account and gave information about retirement.
Name among great players is special for me: Rohit At the inauguration of the stand, Rohit Sharma said, “I had never thought of what is happening.” As a child, I wanted to play for Mumbai and India. I cannot tell this feeling among the great players of the game for me. This is also special because I am still playing. I have taken retirement from two formats, but I am still playing a format.
Rohit further said- ‘When I play here against Delhi on the 21st in IPL, it will be a special feeling. Whenever I go to play here in future for India, it will become even more special. I am thankful to so many people, especially my family, my mother and father, my brother, his wife and my wife, who are present here, who are present here. I also thank my special team, Mumbai Indians.
Rohit Sharma at the time inauguration.
Level-3 was named Rohit Sharma Stand Divecha Pavilion Level-3 of Wankhede Stadium has now been named Rohit Sharma Stand. The proposal was introduced by Maharashtra leader Milind Narvekar, which was approved in the annual meeting last month.
At the same time, the Grand Stand Level-3 will now be known as Sharad Pawar Stand, while the name of Level-4 will be changed to Ajit Wadekar Stand. The office of Wankhede Stadium is now named in memory of former president Amol Kale.
This photo of Rohit Sharma Stand has been posted by his IPL team Mumbai Indians.
Rohit joined the list of Sachin and Gavaskar Rohit Sharma has now joined the list of former great players like Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, whose name is already present. Under the captaincy of Rohit, India won 2 ICC Trophy in 9 months. The T20 World Cup won in 2024 and the Champions Trophy in 2025. The Indian team was also runner -up at the ODI World Cup 2023 under Rohit’s captaincy.
Rohit won two consecutive ICC tournaments to India Rohit Sharma made India champions in two consecutive ICC tournaments. He won the T20 World Cup on 29 June 2024 by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. After that, on 9 March 2025, defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets and won the Champions Trophy title. Rohit retired from T20 after winning the T20 World Cup. Now they will play only ODI cricket.
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