Rohit Sharma is a famous Indian cricketer. He was born on 30 April 1987 in Nagpur, Maharashtra. His full name is Rohit Gurunath Sharma. His nickname is Ro, Shana. He is currently 37 years old. His height is 5.8 inches, 1.7 Metres, 170 centimetres. His weight is 75 kilograms, 165 pounds. His jersey number is 45. He is a right handed batsman and right handed off spin bowler.
Education/Qualification
He completed his schooling from Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai, Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College, Mumbai. He studied till 12th.
Team
India, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, India A, India Blue, India Green, India Red, Rest of India, West Zone, India Under- 19s
About Career
He loved playing cricket in his childhood. Due to his father’s low income, Rohit had to live with his grandfather and grandmother. Rohit used to play cricket in the field after finishing school. Everyone praised his batting and bowling. His uncle thought of admitting him in the academy. He took 50 rupees from himself and 50 rupees from his friend and got him admitted to the academy. Earlier he was an off-spinner. But coach Dinesh Lad asked him to change his school first to play better cricket. He asked him to take admission in Swami Vivekanand International School. He said that there are good facilities and good opportunities there. But Rohit said that he cannot afford the fees of that school. After this he got Rohit a scholarship and got him admitted. He continued playing for 4 years without any fees. Coach Dinesh Lad asked him to focus more on batting. He asked him to open the innings by promoting him from number 8. Scored centuries while opening in Harris Shield and Giles Shield school cricket. In the year 2005, he made his debut in cricket for Best John A in the Deodhar Trophy. He scored 31 runs without getting out while batting at number 8 against Central John in Gwalior. His team won by 3 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja Also made his debut in the same match. He played an inning of 142 runs without getting out against North Zone. Looking at his performance, he was selected in the Under 19s in the year 2006. In which people like Ravindra Jadeja, Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Piyush Chawla were present. He scored a lot of runs in this match. He made his first class debut for India A in the year 2006. On 23 June 2007, he made his ODI debut against Ireland. India won this match by 9 wickets. At that time, Rohit Sharma did not get the batting because Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina were also in competition for the same place. After that, Rohit had to struggle a lot to make a place in the ODI team. In the year 2007, on 18 November, Madin played against Pakistan. With the help of a triple century in the Rinzhi match, he made his comeback in the national ODI team. On 28 May 2010, Rohit scored his middle hundred against Zimbabwe. In the very next match, he scored another century against Sri Lanka. After this, there was India’s South African tour in December 2010. But in those matches, Rohit Sharma did not score any runs. Due to which his name was not in the 2011 World Cup team. Rohit was very angry. After the end of the World Cup, After this, a call came for the West Indies tour in June 2011. Rohit Sharma had a good performance in the match. In the third ODI, when India’s 6 wickets fell for 92 runs, Rohit played the match-winning inning of 86 runs. In the year 2012, Rohit Sharma did not play well. But captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed confidence in Rohit. After Virend Sebagh and Gautam Gambhir, now the team needed a good opener. In the year 2013, Dhoni asked Rohit to open. From there onwards Rohit did not look back. The opening partnership of Dhawan and Rohit was the best in the entire match. On the basis of this, they defeated host England in England and became the winner of that year.
Family Members
His father’s name is Gurunath Sharma and mother’s name is Purnima Sharma. He has a younger brother Vishal Sharma. He married Ritika Sajdeh on 13 December 2015. He has a daughter Samaira. She was born on 30 December 2018.
Affairs/Girlfriend
Sofia Hayat
Record
He is the first player to score a double century in ODI.
He holds the title of hitting the most double hundred in ODI.
He also holds the record of individual highest score in ODI cricket.
He was the third player to score 1000 runs in an ODI against Australia.
He was the player with the highest score in the 2019 World Cup. He broke many records, including the record of a World Cup century. He broke Kumar Sangakkara’s record by scoring his fifth score in the World Cup in India’s last match against Sri Lanka. Rohit also equaled the most number of wickets with Sachin Tendulkar. He became the fourth international player after Sachin Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden and Shakib Al Hasan to score more than 600 runs in a World Cup match.
On 5 October 2019, he became the first player to score a double century on his debut as an opener against South Africa.
In the year 2023, on 12 September, he became the second fastest player to score 10,000 runs in ODI in the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. He became the sixth player to score 10,000 runs and 15th overall.
On October 14, 2023, he became the third player to hit 300 sixes in a one-day match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
On March 17, 2024, he became the first player to score 5 centuries in T20 Internationals against Afghanistan.
On March 27, 2024, he became the first player to play 200 matches for Mumbai Indians in IPL.
On 14 April 2024, he became the first Indian player to hit 500 sixes in T20.
On June 5, 2024, he became the first player to hit 600 sixes in a T20 International match.
Has scored more runs in T20 International as captain.
Fastest scorer to score 4000 runs in T20 International.
Became the most successful Indian captain in T20 International.
Career Performance
Test Match – 59 Match, 12 Centuries (4137 Runs)
ODI Match – 262 Match, 31 Centuries (10709 Runs)
T20 Match – 151 Match, 5 Centuries (4026 Runs)
Total Sixes – 600 Sixes
Awards List
Arjuna Award for Cricket, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for Cricket
Net Worth
His total net worth is 214 crores. He earns from ads, sponsorship, brand ambassador and playing cricket.
