Rohit Sharmaย is an Indian cricketer as well as Indian ODI and T20 teamsโ vice-captain. He was Born onย 30 April 1987ย inย Nagpur, Maharastra, India. He also plays as the captain of theย IPL team Mumbai Indians. There are many Records under the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma hasย scored 3 double-centuries in ODIs, in addition, to the centuries in T20 and Test formats too. Rohit Sharma is aย hard-hitting batsmanย in Indian Cricket Tema Therefore, he is also famously known as โThe Hitman.โ He gained recognition right from his early days. He started at a mere age of 20 and soon was getting praises for his mature and calm performance.
Rohit Sharmaย caught the eye of Dinesh Lad, a cricket coach, who supported him financially to get admission intoย Swami Vivekanand International School. He made a hundred in the school cricket tournament. Rohit Sharma Started his Cricket Career in the ODI format against Ireland in 2007. Later that year, he played against South Africa and earned the โMan of the Matchโ award for being unbeaten at 50 off 40 balls.
He also got selected for Australiaโs Commonwealth Bank Series 2007โ08, where he scored 2 more centuries. That after, he went through a rough patch in career shortly after, where a series of continued bad performances landed him in teamโs middle-order position. Later on, he was even dropped from the playing 11 of the team in Indiaโs Bangladesh tour in 2009. Due to his poor form, he was not considered for the 2011 Word Cup as well. That after, he revived from his bad form in 2011 match against West Indies, securing โMan of the Seriesโ award. His 2 half-centuries and a phenomenal 86 off 91 balls when India were struggling at 92-6 again raised his ranks.
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Rohit Sharma made his test debut in November 2013 and scored impressive 2 back to back centuries. Rohit Sharma is now the third Indian batsman to make this record after Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin. In 2014, his career took another upswing when he broke a series of ODI records against Sri Lanka, scoring 264. This was the first instance of 2 double hundreds and ODIโs first 250. Due to his brilliant performance, he was bought for the US $2 million in IPL 2011 season by the Mumbai Indians team. Under his captaincy, the team won in the season of 2013, 15 and 17. In 2017, he captained the team in Sri Lanka series in the absence of the skipper Virat Kohli. A win of 2-1 in ODI and 3-0 in T20 series was famously registered.
Rohit Sharma received a number of โMan of the Matchโ and โMan of the Seriesโ awards. He was honored with โArjuna Awardโ in 2015. He is the only individual to score 264 in ODIs. Rohit is the only Indian who has centuries in all formats of cricket, other than Suresh Raina.
Biography
Real Name | Rohit Sharma |
Nickname | Rohit |
Profession | Indian Cricketer (Right Handed Batsman) |
Personal Life
Date of Birth | 30 April 1987 |
Age (as in 2019) | 32 Years. |
Sun Sign | Taurus. |
Birth Place | Nagpur, Maharstra, India. |
Religion | Hinduism. |
Nationality | Indian. |
Hometown | Nagpur, Maharstra, India. |
School | Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College, Mumbai. & Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai |
College | N/A. |
Education | Intermediate (10+2) |
Debut | T20: vs England (19-09-2007) at Kingsmead. Test: vs West Indies (06-11-2013) at Eden Garden. ODI: vs Ireland (23-06-2007) at Civil Service Cricket Club. IPL: vs Kolkata Night Riders (20-04-2008) at Eden Gardens. |
Physical Status & More
Height (approx.) | in centimetre- 173 cm , in meter- 1.73 m, in feet Inches- 5 โ8โ |
Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 72 kg, in pound- 159 lbs |
Eye Colour | Dark Brown. |
Hair Colour | Black. |
Family
Father | Gurunath Sharma |
Mother | Purnima Sharma. |
Brother | Vishal Sharma. |
Sister | N/A. |
Marital Status
Marital Status | Married. |
Husband/Wife | Ritika Sajdeh (M. 13-12-2015) |
Son | N/A. |
Daughter | Samaira (B. 2018) |
Favourite
Actor | Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan |
Actress | Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone. |
Color | N/A. |
Food | Aloo Parantha, Chinese Cuisine, Egg. |
Movie | Bollywood Films: Veer-Zara, Hera-Pheri, Jo Jita wahi sikander, Border.Hollywood: The Avengers, Iron Man, The Dark Night Rises. |
Director | David Dhawan, Priyadarshan, Imtiaz Ali, Jmaes Cameron. |
Sports | Batsman:-Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Bowler:- Harbhan Singh |
Singers/Song | Tere Liye Hum Hai Jiye (Veer-Zara) |
Hobbies | Travelling, Watching Movies, Playing Football. |