With Valentine's Day 2025 around the corner, an old video of Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma remembering his proposal to Ritika Sajdeh has gone viral again. The video shows Rohit recalling the special moment when he chose to take the next major step in their relationship after dating for six years.

Rohit said that the proposal happened in the middle of the IPL season. “The IPL tournament was going on. My birthday is on April 13, and I proposed to her on April 29. I told Ritika that I wanted to take her out for ice cream. She was surprised because it was 12 o’clock at night at that time,” he shared in the video.

The cricketer then took Ritika to Borivali, for a surprise late-night drive “She was completely taken aback, as she had no idea what was going on. ‘Why is this person taking me so far at night?’ she wondered,” Rohit added.

The place, however, proved to be extremely special—Borivali Sports Club in Mumbai, the very field where Rohit took his first steps in cricket.

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When he arrived at the club, Rohit created the scene for a magical moment. “I had Ritika’s favorite song playing in the car. I proposed to her on my knees. This was going to be the most important moment of her and my life, so I had to do this thing with all my heart,” he said.

He gave her a stunning solitaire ring, in the final moments of the heartfelt proposal with a personal touch.

How did Rohit and Ritika meet?

Before being a life partner to Rohit Sharma, Ritika Sajdeh was a sports event manager. They first met on the sets of an ad shoot, where cricketer Yuvraj Singh jokingly advised Rohit to "stay away" from Ritika, whom he liked to think of as his sister. Destiny had other plans though. With the passage of time, Rohit and Ritika became very close and their relationship blossomed gradually, culminating in their taking up a lifelong journey together.

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