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Ravi Shastri, the erstwhile India captain, urged young Mumbai players to clasp the grind and uphold the city’s affluent cricketing bequest aft the Ravi Shastri Stand was unveiled astatine the Wankhede Stadium present connected Thursday.
“It’s an honour. It’s a privilege to get it connected the ground,” Shastri said moments aft Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled the basal connected the northbound broadside of the stadium. Shastri’s family, including his 86-year-old parent Lakshmi, were successful attendance.
While listing the illustrious names already associated with the venue, Shastri spoke of the standards expected of Mumbai cricketers. “When you look astatine the names determination (for assorted stands) — (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Dilip) Vengsarkar, (Sunil) Gavaskar, (Rohit) Sharma, and then, of course, the Gates. It’s an relation that is affluent successful tradition. And supra all, winners. They triumph much than anybody else,” Shastri said.
