Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian cricketer who represents the country in international cricket. On the domestic level, Rohit plays first-class cricket for Mumbai. Rohit is the present vice-captain for the Indian cricket team in limited-overs cricket. He is also the present captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
Biography
Rohit is a right-handed opening batsman and bowls right-arm off break occasionally. Rohit is widely popular for his aggressive style of batting where he likes to take the charge to the bowler. He is the only batsman in the world to hit three double centuries in ODI cricket. He also holds the record for most number of runs scored by a batsman in a single innings of ODI cricket (264 vs Sri Lanka). Because of his aggressive batting style, Rohit has been nicknamed ‘Hitman’.
Domestic Career
In March 2005, Rohit made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in Deodhar Trophy. In the same tournament, Sharma scored an unbeaten inning of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur. This gave Sharma an opportunity to represent India A at Abu Dhabi against Australia. Sharma was also named in the 30 man list for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament but failed to make the squad.
Sharma made his India A debut against New Zealand A in a first-class match at Darwin in July 2006. Months later, Rohit made his Ranji Trophy debut for his Mumbai in the 2006–07 season and was a part of the victorious Mumbai team. Sharma has been a part of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team for his entire domestic career. Rohit was appointed team captain ahead of Mumbai for the 2013–14 season after the retirement of Ajith Agarkar.
IPL Career
Sharma has had one of the most successful and illustrious IPL careers ever. Sharma debuted in the IPL in 2008. He was signed by the Deccan Chargers franchise, based in Hyderabad. His contract got him a whopping $750,000 a year. Although he was selected as a batsman, he proved his worth as a bowler too as he took a hat-trick against Mumbai Indians. He dismissed Abhisekh Nayar, Harbajan Singh and JP Duminy to bag his first ever hattrick.
In the next IPL auctions, Sharma was bought by Mumbai Indians for a sum of $2 million. He has been with the Mumbai Franchise ever since. Sharma has personally scored over 4,000 and is the third-highest run-scorer after Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina.
Family
Rohit was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Purnima Sharma and Gurunath Sharma. Rohit’s father worked as a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. His father didn’t have adequate financial means to support Rohit and hence he was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali.
Rohit’s parents lived in a single-room house in Dombivli, only during weekends. Rohit has a younger brother named Vishal. Rohit Sharma’s wife name is Ritika Sajdeh, the couple got married in 2015. They have a beautiful daughter, her name is Samaira Sharma.
