As a cricket fan growing up in India, one of my dreams was to set foot at least once into all the top cricket stadiums in the world and watch cricket matches. The Melbourne Cricket Ground was right at the top of this list and on the day I landed in Australia in 2020, I clicked a pic of one of the light towers from Wellington Parade, where my bus had made a stopover, while envisioning myself as experiencing the MCG in all possible ways. To this day, I have had the dream come true in different forms - spectator at Boxing Day Tests, T20 World Cup games, state one-day games, an Australia A game, AFL games, visitor to the sports museum, hospitality worker in the Members Stand, Cricket Australia employee, etc. to name a few.

As a 'step' to the next level, on June 4, I will be climbing 7300 stairs at the G as part of the Stadium Stomp HQ stairclimbing event. Last year, I volunteered at this event while this time I am going to challenge myself to climb 4-5 times as many stairs as I did at the Australia108 building earlier this month.

I will also be fundraising for Black Dog Institute in support of their incredible work towards mental health. If you would like to donate, head to the link in the first comment. Thanks in advance for all your encouragement and support 🙂