The veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma thanked Spanish football league La Liga and its infamous club Real Madrid FC as they provided him and his family a “surreal experience” during their recent trip to Madrid. Recently, he visited the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the home ground of Real Madrid, and shared a glimpse of his visit on Instagram.
Captioning the picture on Instagram along with his wife Ritika Sajdesh, Rohit wrote: “Thanks @laliga and @realmadrid for helping me tick this off my bucket list, what a surreal experience. My family and I had a blast. So memorable.”
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Here is the post:
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In his Instagram stories, Rohit shared a video capturing “the evolution of Real Madrid emblem,” in which he was seen coming out of the “historic Real Madrid tunnel” into the stadium and a picture of “first few Real Madrid jerseys.”
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Ritika looked happy as she witnessed the dream of Rohit coming true. he shared the same picture as her husband, writing “his dream,” followed by a red heart sticker in her Instagram story.
The 32-year-old opening batsman is currently recovering from a calf injury, and he visited Madrid with his wife Ritika and daughter Samaira to watch Real Madrid host Barcelona for El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
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Before the match, Rohit expressed his excitement about watching El Clasico live. Tweeting about the same, he tweeted: “So good to be in beautiful Madrid for #ElClasico can’t wait for the game tomorrow @LaLigaEN.” The Spanish league replied to the Indian opener by calling him “hitman.” “Enjoy hitman,” LaLiga responded on Twitter.
Enjoy hitman! 🇮🇳🏏
— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) February 29, 2020
Real Madrid won El Clasico, and they are now leading the La Liga points table with a 2-0 win over Barcelona. Vinicius Junior starred with a deflected finish, while Mariano Diaz scored a stoppage-time goal in Real’s victory.
