Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma to throw ceremonial 'first pitch' for Major League Baseball club Seattle Mariners

Mumbai: India batsman Rohit Sharma has been invited by Major League Baseball club Seattle Mariners to throw the ceremonial “First Pitch”. [caption id=“attachment_4259747” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of India cricketer Rohit Sharma. AP[/caption] Sharma is the first Indian cricketer to be given this honour. He will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Safeco Field, home ground of Seattle Mariners, at 12:30 pm Pacific Standard Time on 3 June, (which would be 1 am on 4 June as per Indian time) as a pregame activity against the Tampa Bay Rays, a media release issued said. The baseball league in America has a historic ritual in which a guest of honour is invited to throw a ceremonial first pitch to mark the start of the game, the release informed. The star India batsman is on a 3-city US tour as part of “Desh-Legends of Cricket Series”, the release added.