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MCA to name one stand of Wankhede after India captain Rohit Sharma

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MCA to name one stand of Wankhede after India captain Rohit Sharma

India ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma will have a stand name after him at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announced on Tuesday. The Divecha Pavilion Level 3 will soon be named Rohit Sharma Stand. The decision was taken at the 86th Annual General Meeting, which happened in Mumbai on Tuesday. A major highlight of the meeting was the decision to increase the corpus for affiliated clubs to Rs. 75 crores, with a forward-looking plan to enhance it to Rs. 100 crores in the coming years, said MCA. Two more stands, Grand Stand Level 3 and Grand Stand Level 4, were renamed as Sharad Pawar Stand and Ajit Wadekar Stand, respectively. Story continues below this ad In a tribute to Late Amol Kale, former president of MCA, the match day office at the...

Who gets name on Wankhede stand? Sharad Pawar, Rohit Sharma, Ajit Wadekar, Diana Edulji …

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) is in a fix after several of its members have come up with various requests of naming stands and walking bridges around the Wankhede stadium after renowned personalities. The MCA has received requests and proposals from its club members to name stands or assorted places outside the stadium on its past presidents, Sharad Pawar, late Vilasrao Deshmukh, as well as late India captain Ajit Wadekar, late Eknath Solkar, late Dilip Sardesai, late Padmakar Shivalkar, former India captain Diana Edulji and current India captain Rohit Sharma. “There have been suggestions from members and the final decision will be taken by the general body members of the Mumbai Cricket Association,” MCA president Ajinkya Naik told The Indian Express. Story continues below this...

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Hardik Pandya threatened a grand heist with a sensational 15-ball 42 but RCB prevailed in a thriller, winning by 12 runs. Virat Kohli sizzled with a classy fifty, Rajat Patidar sparkled with a spunky half ton as RCB piled 221 and managed to get past Hardik and Tilak Varma to register a special win.RCB had lost their last six games at the Wankhede stadium but they breached the fortress with a scintillating batting display and by holding their nerves in the chase. Kohli turned on the run tap with an innings of quality, repeatedly taking on the bowlers before Patidar gave them a dream finish. The leggie Suyash Sharma held Mumbai back in the middle overs but Hardik and Tilak nearly seized the night until Josh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya intervened to stop them at 209/9. Finally, a proper rolle...