Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma celebrates after scoring a century against Sikkim during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur (Express Photo by Rohit Jain Paras)
Sikkim captain Leyong Lepcha said that it was a dream, come true for him as well as his team to play the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Rohit Sharma. Rohit, representing Mumbai, slammed a blistering 155 off just 94 balls as he guided his team to an 8-wicket win at Jaipur on Wednesday.
“It was a great experience. We played pretty well while batting first. And it was a great experience to watch this great man from this close up. I guess he was waiting for the loose balls. During the course of the game, I thought he respected the good balls and he capitalised on the loose balls. The scoring rate and the strike rate is very high when all these international players play. It was a treat watching him from so close and it was an honour,” Lepcha said to PTI after the match.
“Well absolutely. To be in the same ground and playing the same match with a World Cup winning captain. It is a dream come true for all the guys in Sikkim. Didn’t get a chance to speak to him because he’s always surrounded by security. As you know, he’s a very big player so I hope we get a chance to meet him after the match. I had a few chit chats with him when he was batting,” he added.
VIDEO | Jaipur: “Facing Rohit Sharma was a dream come true for all of us,” says Sikkim captain Leyong Lepcha after their match against Mumbai in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26.
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Setting to gun down Sikkim’s 236-run total in Jaipur, Rohit sped off the blocks with a steady flow of sixes and fours and made light work of the challenge. Closing in on 14,000 runs in the 50-over format, the century was Rohit’s 37th ton in List A cricket, his fourth besides the 33 centuries in international colours for India.
The century is also his fastest in the format, bettering the 63-ball hundred against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi during the 2023 ODI World Cup.