Rohit Sharma Biography:

Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian cricket team. He is considered one of the best openers in the world. Rohit Sharma, popularly known as Hitman, is a right-hand opening batter and a right-arm off-break bowler, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. 36-year-old Rohit Sharma also captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and now he has won the IPL title for his team five times as a captain of this team.

Rohit Sharma Birth and Family:

The star India batter, Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra. His father Gurunath Sharma worked as a caretaker in a transport firm house. His mother Purnima Sharma is from Visakhapatnam and is a housewife. The right-hand batter has a younger brother whose name is Vishal Sharma. Rohit Sharma’s early life was quite a struggle. Due to his father’s low income, Rohit’s childhood was spent with his grandparents in Borivali, he used to visit his parents’ house in Nagpur only for 2 days. Rohit liked cricket since his childhood. He joined the cricket camp by taking money from his uncle. Later, seeing Rohit’s impressive performance, the coach Dinesh Lad got him a scholarship. He used to play cricket in his school too. He also scored a century in a match. At the age of 18, he played a match for Deodhar Trophy. In the year 2015, Rohit married Ritika Sajdeh. After this, in 2018 they had a daughter, whose name is Samaira.

Rohit Sharma Biography and Family Information:

Rohit Sharma’s full name	Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Rohit Sharma’s death and birth	30 April 1987
Birthplace of Rohit Sharma	Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Rohit Sharma’s age	36 years
Rohit Sharma’s father’s name	Gurunath Sharma
Rohit Sharma’s mother’s name	Purnima Sharma
Rohit Sharma’s brother	Vishal Sharma
Marital status of Rohit Sharma	Married
Rohit Sharma’s wife’s name	Ritika Sajdeh
Rohit Sharma’s daughter’s name	Samaira

Rohit Sharma’s looks:

Rohit Sharma remains simple and it is liked a lot by his fans. Millions of female fans are in awe of Rohit’s looks.

Colour	Blond
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Black
Length	5 feet 8 inches
Weight	72 Kilograms

Rohit Sharma’s Education:

Rohit Sharma received his early education at Our Lady Velankanni High School, Mumbai. He could have been more smart in his studies, he was more interested in sports than in studies. However, he studied till the 12th at Swami Vivekananda International School and Junior College, Mumbai. He did not pursue further studies to give full-time to cricket.

Rohit Sharma Domestic Cricket Career:

Rohit Sharma started his cricket career as an off-spinner, but his coach Dinesh Lad was more impressed by his batting than his bowling, so he advised Rohit to focus less on bowling and more on batting. Rohit listened to his coach and started concentrating on batting. Rohit worked hard on his batting and when he came to open for the first time in a match, he scored his first century. He performed very well while playing for his college and cricket academy, due to which Rohit soon got a chance to play domestic cricket.

Rohit Sharma started his domestic cricket career in March 2005 playing for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in Gwalior. But Rohit could not do anything special in that match. After this, he played a brilliant inning of 142 runs against North Zone in his next game. This innings gave him confidence and he came into the limelight. After his brilliant performance in the Deodhar Trophy, Rohit Sharma was selected for the 30-member Indian team for the Champions Trophy being held in Abu Dhabi. However, Rohit did not get a chance to play here. After this, Rohit Sharma got a chance to play in the Ranji Trophy and was later selected for the NKP Self Challenge Trophy.

After List A cricket, Rohit Sharma made his first-class cricket debut for India A against New Zealand A in Darwin in July 2006. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai cricket team in 2006. During that time, he impressed the selectors by scoring a double century (205 runs) against Gujarat and a half-century against Bengal in the final. Seeing Rohit’s consistency, he was made the captain of the Mumbai Ranji team in 2014. After consistent performances in domestic cricket, Rohit Sharma soon got a chance to play in international cricket.

Rohit Sharma’s International Cricket Career:

The 36-year-old made his international debut on 23 June 2007 against Ireland. However, he was not able to bat in that match. After this, he played his first T20 International match against England on 19 September 2007. He played an important role in the ICC T20 World Cup match against South Africa on 20 September 2007 by scoring 50 runs in 40 balls in helping the Indian team win the match and reach the semi-finals. Rohit was also chosen man of the match for this inning. In the final match, he scored 30 runs on 16 balls against Pakistan.

However, Rohit Sharma was facing some difficulties in performing in ODI cricket. Due to this Suresh Raina had made his place in the middle order position. But Rohit did not give up and forced the selectors to think by scoring a triple century in a Ranji Trophy match in December 2009. After which he was selected in the ODI team for the triangular series against Bangladesh. But he did not get a chance to play in any of the five-match series. However, Rohit scored his first ODI century against Zimbabwe in 2010. He played an innings of 114 runs in that match. After this, in 2010, he scored another century against Sri Lanka in the triangular series. Rohit had scored an unbeaten 110 runs in that match. However, despite this, Rohit was not given a place in Team India for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

But in 2011, he was selected in the Indian team that went on the West Indies tour under the leadership of Suresh Raina, because at that time many veterans of the team were rested. In which players like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag were included. Rohit Sharma performed well throughout that series and won the Man of the Series award in the ODI for the first time. Then after the departure of Sachin-Sehwag in the 2013 Champions Trophy, Rohit got a chance to open with Shikhar Dhawan. This opening pair performed very well, due to which the Indian team could win the 2013 Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma’s brilliant performance continued and then he scored a double century against Australia. In this inning, he hit 16 sixes, which was a world record.

Whereas Rohit Sharma started his Test career on 6 November 2013 against West Indies. In his first match, he played a brilliant inning of 177 runs against West Indies at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. After this, he scored an unbeaten 111 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With this, Rohit Sharma became the third player after Sourav Ganguly and Azharuddin to score a century in his first two Test matches.

The very next year, Rohit Sharma surprised the entire sports world by playing an inning of 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in the world to score more than 250 runs in One Day International and also scored double century twice. After this, in the year 2015, Rohit Sharma played an inning of 106 runs against South Africa in Dharamsala. In this way, Rohit Sharma became the first player from India and the second player in the world to score a century in all formats of cricket. Rohit Sharma is the only batter who has scored three double centuries in the One Day Internationals.

Rohit Sharma Indian Premier League (IPL) Career:

Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful players in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL). Rohit started his IPL career in 2008 when Deccan Chargers bought him for US $ 750,000. Rohit was one of the highest run-scorers in the 2008 IPL, scoring a total of 404 runs at an average of 36.72. After this, in 2011, Mumbai Indians included Rohit Sharma in their team for a price of Rs 20 lakh. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Mumbai Indians have won the IPL title five times (in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020). In the IPL 2023 season, Mumbai Indians kept Rohit Sharma as the captain of the team for Rs 16 crore.

Rohit Sharma International Debut:

ODI Debut – 23 June 2007, against Ireland.
Test Debut – 6 November 2013, against West Indies.
T20I Debut – 19 September 2007, against England.

Rohit Sharma’s Overall Cricket Career (Rohit Sharma Career Summary):

Format	Total Matches	Innings	Total Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100s	200s	50s
Test	52	88	3677	212	46.54	56.27	10	1	16
ODI	250	242	10031	264	48.93	90.28	30	3	51
T20	148	140	3853	118	30.82	139.25	4	0	29
IPL	243	238	6211	109	29.58	130.05	1	0	42

Rohit Sharma’s Likes and Dislikes:

Favourite Cricketer	Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag
Favourite Heroine	Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone
Favourite Hero	Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan
Favourite Movie	Rigging, border, the one who won is Alexander
Favourite Food	Aloo Paratha, Chinese Food, Eggs
Favourite Car	Aston Martin
Like to Play against the Team	Pakistan and Australia

Rohit Sharma Brand Ambassador List:

The Men in Blue skipper, Rohit Sharma has been made the brand ambassador of about 30 companies, the names of some of which are given below.

Jio Cinema
ITFL Finance
Dr Trust
Crikingdom
La Liga
notice.com
Sports Eyewear Brand Oakley
Glenmark Pharma

List of awards received by Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma Awards List):

Year	Awards
2015	Arjuna Award
2020	Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna
2019	ICC ODI Player of the Year
2020	Nominated for ICC Men’s ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Decade Awards
2021	ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year

Rohit Sharma Net Worth:

Rohit Sharma is included in Grade A Plus under the contract of BCCI. Due to this, he gets a salary of Rs 7 crore annually. Apart from this, the right-hand batter gets Rs 3 lakh as a match fee for one ODI match. Whereas for a test match, he gets Rs 5 lakh and for a T20 match he gets Rs 1.5 lakh. Whereas in IPL, he gets Rs 16 crore from Mumbai Indians.

Rohit Sharma has a 4 BHK apartment in Worli, Mumbai which is worth around Rs 30 crore. Before this, he had a house worth Rs 5.25 crore in Lonavala. Apart from all this, the 36-year-old has many luxury cars, which include Lamborghini Urus, Mercedes Benz GLS 350d, Toyota Suzuki and Hayabusa bike which is worth around Rs 7 crore.

Rohit Sharma Records List:

	Rohit Sharma is the only cricketer in the world to score double centuries thrice in ODI cricket.
	Rohit Sharma has the biggest innings of ODI cricket (264 runs).
	Rohit Sharma scored 5 centuries in the 2019 World Cup, this is the most centuries by any batsman in a World Cup.
	Rohit Shd also holds the record for hitting the most number of sixes in a Test. He hit 13 sixes against South Africa in 2019.
	Rohit is also ahead in terms of hitting most sixes in a year, he had hit a total of 77 sixes in the 2019 team format.
	The record of scoring most centuries in T20 International cricket is also in the name of Rohit Sharma, he has scored 4 centuries.
	Rohit Sharma is the only Indian to score a T20 century as captain.
	The first Indian opening batsman to score a century in all formats of cricket.
	Rohit Sharma is the first opening batsman to score 1000 runs in the World Test Championship.
	Rohit Sharma is the first batsman to score two centuries while opening for the first time in the Test.

Rohit Sharma can break these big records soon:

Most centuries in the World Cup:

The great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, and Indian captain Rohit Sharma ( search Rohit Sharma ) hold the record for scoring the most centuries in the World Cup. Both have scored 6-6 centuries in the World Cup. search Rohit Sharma can make this world record in his name by scoring another century in this World Cup.

Most sixes in international cricket:

The record of hitting the most sixes in all formats of international cricket is in the name of legendary West Indies batsman Chris Gayle. Universe Boss has hit 553 sixes in 483 matches. In this matter, ‘Hitman’ search Rohit Sharma is in second place, he has hit 545 sixes in 486 matches in all three formats. Rohit can break this big record soon.

Most sixes in the World Cup:

Indian captain Rohit Sharma can break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of hitting most sixes in the World Cup. The record for most sixes in the ODI World Cup is in the name of Chris Gayle, who has hit the maximum number of 49 sixes in five World Cup matches (2003-2019). Talking about Indian players, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are currently at seventh and ninth position with 27 and 29 sixes respectively. search Rohit Sharma can leave behind these two legendary batsmen and become the Indian cricketer who has hit the most sixes in the World Cup. He has played two ODI World Cups so far (2015 and 2019), in which he has hit 23 sixes in 17 matches.