With the Indian cricket team reaching Dubai ahead of the highly-anticipated Men’s Asia Cup 2025, fans are eagerly awaiting return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. With the two veterans of the game retiring
from T20Is after India’s triumph at the T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados, followed by their shocking retirement from Test cricket mid-way through the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, fans wait for the two stalwart’s return to the cricket field.
With Rohit-Kohli now active in the 50-over format only, they were set to return to action in the white-ball series against Bangladesh in August, but a postponement has further extended their return. The two will now be seen in action in the limited-overs tour of Australia, scheduled for October 2025. Although, the two are grueling hard in the gym and training in the nets, Team India’s ODI skipper Rohit Sharma was recently spotted at Ganpati utsav in Worli.
Rohit Sharma stops fans from chanting “Mumbai cha raja” at Ganpati utsav; goes viral
While the 38-year-old has been spotted frequently off late, he recently made an appearance at the Ganpati utsav in Worli, which is widely celebrated in Mumbai. In the video surfacing of Rohit Sharma making his presence amid massive gathering at a ganpati pandal, fans started to chant “Mumbai cha raja Rohit Sharma”. Seeing this, the 38-year-old was quick to react.
Watch video of Rohit Sharma’s reaction on chants of “Mumbai cha raja”:
The Indian skipper quickly responded with folded hands, urging fans to not chant “Mumbai cha raja Rohit Sharma”. Although the videos of the moment have been making rounds on social media, the reaction of the Indian stalwart has also him earned praise as Lord Ganesha is often reckoned and hailed as Mumbai cha raja, which implies to ‘King of Mumbai’.
However, the feats that Rohit Sharma has achieved during his cricketing career, including his IPL heroics has often garnered him with this praise. While Sharma remains one of the captains to win five IPL trophies as Mumbai Indians (MI) captain, he has also etched his name in record books in international cricket. With only one match shy of playing 500 international matches for Team India, he is on the cusp of joining the likes of some Indian greats in the list. If he does so, he’ll become only the fifth Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar (664), Virat Kohli (550*), MS Dhoni (535) and Rahul Dravid (504) in the elite list.
