When Rohit Sharma set foot in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium for the first time more than two decades back as a teenager, he would hardly have imagined that one day, he would be leading his country in a Test match there. The 37-year-old has captained India previously at the iconic venue where, in his absence, the team lifted the 50-over World Cup trophy in 2011, but to helm the nation in a Test at a ground where he cut his teeth as a cricketer must be special.

That century in 2013

In one of those amazing truisms that defy logic, Rohit has played just one of his previous 63 Tests at the Wankhede – in November 2013 against West Indies, only his second Test appearance. It was also Sachin Tendulkar’s final game for India, a fact which almost eclipsed Rohit’s unbeaten 111, his second successive ton since his Test debut.