Tendulkar, Rohit's presence at Ranji Trophy final wins the internet

The growing emphasis on the importance of domestic cricket and redball games got another shot in the arm with Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma attending the third days play during the Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Vidarbha on TuesdayComing off an excellent 41 series win over England with a depleted Indian side and heading into IPL 2024 season Rohit appeared relaxed and was spotted in the Mumbai dressing room during the afternoon with the dominant hosts running away with the Ranji Trophy final contest on the fieldRohit was seen scrolling through his phone while also chatting with Mumbai teammates including Shardul Thakur but how did the India skipper made his way to the domestic giants dressing room with a phone while not being a part of the squad remained an intriguing questionWith the backdrop of Shreyas Iyer missing out on a BCCI contract and also losing his spot in the Indian Test side Rohit witnessed the righthanded batter getting back into his groove but also throwing away his wicket when he was just one hit away from triplefigure markIn the morning session on Tuesday the TV camera kept panning towards the MCA President Box wherein sat the legendary Tendulkar to witness the actionTendulkar was spotted sitting alongside former players Dilip Vengsarkar Subroto Banerjee a few officials as well as Chandrakant Pandit the incumbent coach of Madhya Pradesh and Kolkata Knight RidersThe Little Master who had termed Mumbais batting as ordinary on the opening day when the 41time champions were shot out for a mere 224 appeared satisfied with the improvement shown in the second innings wherein Musheer Khan 135 Ajinkya Rahane 73 and Iyer flayed the oppositionTendulkar took to his social media platforms to share his observationsMumbai displayed a lot more discipline patience and commitment in the second innings he wroteFirst a crucial partnership between ajinkyarahane88 and Musheer Khan put Mumbai in a solid position Then Musheers stand with ShreyasIyer15 has taken the game further away from Vidarbha Had a good time watching the game today with my friends and colleagues Tendulkar addedAlso ReadMumbais lsquoRanjirsquo dynastyThe presence of Rohit and Tendulkar came a day after another Mumbai and India legend Sunil Gavaskar showed upGavaskar sat with cricket administrator Ratnakar Shetty and former womens cricket team skipper Diana Edulji as well as former captain and chairman of the Mumbai selection committee Milind RegeLook whorsquos hereTeamIndia Captain Rohit Sharma witnessing the RanjiTrophy summit clash ImRo45 RanjiTrophy IDFCFIRSTBank Final MUMvVIDFollow the match httpstcok7JhkLhOID pictwittercomCIP1KGkENFmdash BCCI Domestic BCCIdomestic March 12 2024The opening day marked the presence of enthusiastic crowd turning up in decent numbers to full up the Vijay Merchant Pavilion but they also had to deal with the disappointment of Mumbai batters not making it big in the first essayBut the disappointment did not last long as Mumbai fought their way back into the final to get into the drivers seat However there were some offfield issues that did concern a fewWith the IPL 2024 about 10 days away the Wankhede Stadium is undergoing renovation work which is expected to be completed before the venue hosts its first game on April 1 between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan RoyalsA few fans though complained about the lack of a scorecard for fans despite a manuallyoperated scorecard operational across the fieldThere also were complains about the mobile toilets installed near the pavilion but there is not much that can be done since the stadium is witnessing renovation workWith agency inputs