Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in a grand occasion on the venue on Sunday, January 19. A number of Mumbai legends together with Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravi Shastri marked their attendance to have fun the feat. India ODI and Check captain Rohit Sharma additionally made his presence felt.
Taking the centre stage, Rohit opened up on his ambitions to raise the silverware in Dubai on the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Indian skipper expressed that after the staff wins the event, they’ll convey the trophy for a fan parade on the Wankhede Stadium in the same option to what they did with the T20 World Cup win in 2024.
“We’ll strive our greatest (to win the Champions Trophy). I’m certain that the desires of 140 crore Indians shall be behind us after we land in Dubai for the Champions Trophy. We’ll attempt to do properly and convey the Champions Trophy 2025 to the Wankhede Stadium (as soon as we win),” Rohit mentioned.
India’s journey in Champions Trophy
In 2002, India shared the Champions Trophy, then known as ICC KnockOuts, as an deserted match ended up with out a outcome, the place the Males in Blue have been captained by Sourav Ganguly. Nevertheless, 11 years later, the trophy was all theirs, as MS Dhoni led the best way in 2013, the place Shikhar Dhawan (Golden Bat winner) and Ravindra Jadeja (Golden Ball winner) emerged because the star performers.
In 2017, India entered the occasion to defend their title, this time, below the captaincy of Virat Kohli. The opposition Pakistan, nonetheless, overcame the India menace and beat them for the primary time at an ICC occasion to clinch the most recent version.
In 2025, India will begin their marketing campaign in opposition to Bangladesh on February 20, adopted by the high-stakes conflict in opposition to Pakistan, after which for the final league stage sport in opposition to New Zealand. It’s to be famous that India shall be enjoying the whole thing of the event in Dubai on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium (DICS), together with the semi-final and last, in the event that they qualify.
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