Rohit Sharma Statement on Champions Trophy 2025: After bringing two ICC trophies to the Wankhede Stadium, in the 2007 T20 World Cup as a member of the team and the 2024 T20 World Cup as captain, India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday promised that his team will win the upcoming 2025 Champions Trophy. Champions Trophy 2025) at a prestigious venue for another round of celebrations. When the 2025 Champions Trophy was brought on stage and displayed in front of the people, Rohit (Rohit Sharma on T20 WC 2024 Winning Memory) said that one of the most memorable moments of his life was riding an open-top bus around Marine Drive. After the ride, the 2024 T20 World Cup was to be brought to Wankhede.
Rohit said, “I am sure that when we reach Dubai, the wishes of 140 crore people will be with us. We will try to win it and bring the ICC Champions Trophy back to Wankhede.” 37-year-old Rohit made this promise on Sunday at a function organized by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to commemorate 50 years of Wankhede Stadium. The Champions Trophy, currently on a trophy tour across all the participating nations, was brought to the Wankhede for the occasion.
“We were locked inside the hotel in Barbados. But winning the World Cup and celebrating it with your people is a different thing. You celebrate with your players and teams, but celebrating with your people is a different feeling and I knew it would happen only when we came back to Mumbai. “It was my dream since childhood to play cricket at Wankhede. No matter who plays India, Mumbai or Mumbai Indians, the crowd never disappoints and hence it is a different feeling when you play here.
“When we returned from South Africa after winning the T20 World Cup, I dreamed of winning another World Cup and bringing it here. I remember after winning the T20 World Cup we were still in Barbados and we got stuck there because of a storm. Went, but were planning what we would do after coming back to India. It was planned that we would go to New Delhi, but what after that?
“Nobody knew what to do after that, but I wanted the World Cup trophy to come to Wankhede. All the World Cups we have won in 2007 and 2011 have been celebrated at Wankhede and bringing the trophy in 2024 It was also very important for us,” Rohit added. “When we celebrated here, the stands were full, even today it is full, which is the special thing about Wankhede.” He got the loudest applause after Sachin Tendulkar.
On this occasion, the Indian captain also recalled his first visit to the iconic stadium and how that visit inspired him to dream of playing for the country one day. Rohit said, “Wankhede is a ground where every cricketer dreams of playing here and seeing them turn into reality. It is good to have dreams and see them turn into reality and I have watched and played cricket since childhood because this ground The atmosphere is very different. Every cricketer loves to come here and play cricket and you get the same feeling at Wankhede.”
