Rohit Sharma won the CEAT Special Award at the CEAT Cricket Ratings Awards held in Mumbai on May 25, 2015. Rohit called winning IPL 2015 “a special moment,” saying, “We did not have a great start to the tournament and at that period it was important to hold the team together which we did and go forward. We always had a positive approach. Everyone who went in wanted to make an impact.”
PTI reported that on his record-setting knock of 264, Sharma said that he had went in to bat with an open mind as he was coming back into the team after a lengthy injury lay-off. “When I came back our coach Duncan Fletcher told me that I had made my first 50 in something like 73 balls and had I made it in 50 balls, I could have scored a triple hundred,” said Sharma.