Rohit Sharma plays as a right-handed batsman for India national cricket team in international cricket, Mumbai Indians in IPL and for Mumbai in domestic cricket.
84 Facts About Rohit Sharma
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Rohit Sharma currently holds the world record for the highest individual score in a One Day International match and is the only player to have scored three double-centuries in ODIs and holds the record for scoring most hundreds in a single Cricket World Cup, for which he won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2019.
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Rohit Sharma has received two national honours, the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2020.
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Outside cricket, Rohit Sharma is an active supporter of animal welfare campaigns.
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Rohit Sharma is the official Rhino Ambassador for WWF-India and is a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
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Rohit Sharma has worked with PETA in its campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless cats and dogs in India.
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Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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Rohit Sharma was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali because of his father's low income.
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Rohit Sharma would visit his parents, who lived in a single-room house in Dombivli, only during weekends.
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Rohit Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999 with his uncle's money.
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Rohit Sharma started as an off-spinner who could bat a bit before Lad noticed his batting ability and promoted him from number eight to open the innings.
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Rohit Sharma excelled in the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournaments, scoring a century on debut as an opener.
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Rohit Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy at Gwalior in March 2005.
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Rohit Sharma visited Abu Dhabi and Australia with the India A squad and was then included among India's 30-member probables list for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament, although he did not make the final squad.
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Rohit Sharma made his first-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006.
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Rohit Sharma scored 57 and 22 as India won by 3 wickets.
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Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Rohit Sharma scoring a half-century in his second innings in the final against Bengal.
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Rohit Sharma has spent his entire domestic first-class career at Mumbai.
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In November 2013, during Sachin Tendulkar's farewell series, Rohit Sharma made his Test debut at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against West Indies and scored 177, the second-highest score on debut by an Indian to Shikhar Dhawan.
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Rohit Sharma followed it up with 111 in the second Test at his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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Rohit Sharma played in the first Test in Adelaide, scoring 37 and 1 in an Indian victory.
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In October 2019, in the third Test against South Africa, Rohit Sharma scored his 2,000th run and his first double century in Tests.
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Rohit Sharma made 212 in the first innings of the match.
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Rohit Sharma was named as vice-captain of India's Test team during the tour of Australia in 2020, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara.
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Rohit Sharma had a successful home series against England in 2021.
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Rohit Sharma top-scored for his side in both innings of the low-scoring third Test in Ahmedabad with scores of 66 and 25 contributing to his team's win.
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Rohit Sharma finished the series aggregating 345 runs, the most for India, at an average of 58.
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Rohit Sharma went on to score his first overseas Test century on 4 September 2021 with an innings of 127 against England at The Oval, reaching the milestone of 3,000 runs in Test cricket.
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Rohit Sharma was appointed captain of India's Test team in February 2022, succeeding Virat Kohli, ahead of a two-match series against Sri Lanka.
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In March 2015, Rohit Sharma made his first appearance in the Cricket World Cup and played in eight matches for India in the 2015 tournament in Australia.
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Rohit Sharma scored 330 runs in the tournament with one century, a score of 137 in the quarter-final against Bangladesh.
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On 15 April 2019, Rohit Sharma was appointed vice-captain of India's squad for the 2019 World Cup in England.
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Rohit Sharma followed it up with centuries against Pakistan, England and Bangladesh.
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Rohit Sharma totalled 648 runs in the tournament to finish as the leading run-scorer and win the ICC's Golden Bat award, the third Indian player to do so.
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Rohit Sharma made his full international debut in a one-day match against Ireland in Belfast on 23 June 2007.
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Rohit Sharma was number seven in the batting order but did not bat as India won the game by 9 wickets.
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Rohit Sharma scored his maiden ODI century against Zimbabwe on 28 May 2010 and followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on 30 May 2010 by scoring 101 not out.
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Rohit Sharma had a run of poor form in South Africa just before the 2011 World Cup and as a consequence he was left out of India's squad for the tournament.
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Rohit Sharma was recalled to the limited-overs squad for the tour of the West Indies in June and July 2011.
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Rohit Sharma had a disastrous loss of form in 2012 and scored only 168 runs in the whole calendar year at the very low average of 12.92 with just a single half-century.
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Rohit Sharma followed that with 209 off 158 balls in Bangalore and established a then-world record for the most sixes in a one-day international innings.
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On 13 November 2014, playing against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Rohit Sharma broke the world record for the highest score in a one-day international innings with 264 from 173 deliveries.
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Rohit Sharma hit his third ODI double-century in this series, scoring 208 to extend his record of most ODI double-centuries by a player.
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In September 2018, in the absence of many top players including regular captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma led India to win the 2018 Asia Cup, where they defeated Bangladesh in the final.
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On 12 January 2019, in the opening match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Rohit Sharma scored 133 but it was in vain as India lost by 34 runs.
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At Delhi on 13 March 2019, in the fifth and final match of a home series against Australia, Rohit Sharma scored 56 including his 8,000th run in one-day internationals.
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In November 2020, Rohit Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
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In July 2022, Rohit Sharma became the first Indian captain to lead their team to both T20I and ODI series wins in England.
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Rohit Sharma became the 3rd Indian captain to win an ODI series in England, and the first since 2014.
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Rohit Sharma was included in the Indian squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and made his mark by scoring an unbeaten 50 from 40 deliveries against hosts South Africa in the quarter-finals.
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On 2 October 2015, during the South African tour of India, Rohit Sharma scored 106 in the first Twenty20 international at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala.
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In December 2017, in a series against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma scored the joint-fastest T20I century, in 35 balls, ending with 118 from 43 deliveries, equaling the record of David Miller.
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On 8 July 2018, during a series in England, Rohit Sharma became the second Indian batsman, after Virat Kohli, to score 2,000 runs in a Twenty20 international career.
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Rohit Sharma was the fifth batsman worldwide to achieve the feat; the others besides Kohli were Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill and Shoaib Malik.
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Rohit Sharma scored his third T20I century during this series, equaling the then-record for most T20I centuries, held by Colin Munro.
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In November 2019, in the opening match of the series against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma became the most-capped cricketer for India in T20Is, playing in his 99th match.
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In November 2020, Rohit Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.
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In July 2022, Rohit Sharma became the first captain in T20I history to lead their team to 14 consecutive victories.
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On 27 October 2022, Rohit Sharma broke the record for most sixes by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups, previously held by Yuvraj Singh, hitting his 34th six against Netherlands at Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Rohit Sharma joined the Indian Premier League in 2008 when he was signed by the Deccan Chargers franchise, based in Hyderabad, for the sum of US$750,000 a year.
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Rohit Sharma scored his only IPL century in the 2012 tournament with 109 against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Rohit Sharma has been one of the most successful players in the IPL as captain since 2013 of the Mumbai Indians, who have won the tournament five times under his leadership.
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Rohit Sharma is currently one of six players who have scored 5,000 career runs in the competition.
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Rohit Sharma has 5,611 runs with one century and 40 half centuries and is the third-highest run scorer after Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.
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Rohit Sharma is an aggressive batsman but plays with style and elegance.
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Rohit Sharma is usually an opening batsman in limited overs cricket, but has played most of his Test cricket as a middle-order batsman.
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In limited overs cricket, Rohit Sharma is widely recognised as one of the format's most outstanding batsmen.
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Sunil Gavaskar considers Rohit Sharma to have a batting style similar to those of Virender Sehwag and Viv Richards.
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When Viru used to get out looking to hit another delivery out of the park, there used to be consternation around the ground, just like it is when Rohit Sharma gets out to a seemingly casual shot.
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Rohit Sharma usually fields in the slips and has said this is a part of his game which he works very hard on for improvement.
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Rohit Sharma holds the world record for the highest individual score by a batsman playing in a one-day international match, having scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 13 November 2014.
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Rohit Sharma is the only player to have scored three double-centuries in this form of international cricket.
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In January 2020, Rohit Sharma was named as the ODI Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council.
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On 5 October 2019, during a Test match against South Africa, Rohit Sharma became the first batsman to score two centuries in a match on his first appearance as an opening batsman.
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Rohit Sharma married his longtime girlfriend, Ritika Sajdeh on 13 December 2015.
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Rohit Sharma is a practitioner of the meditation technique Sahaj Marg.
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Rohit Sharma has been sponsored by several brands including CEAT and the Swiss watchmaker Hublot.
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Rohit Sharma engages in numerous philanthropic activities, promoting various causes such as animal welfare, health, and children.
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Rohit Sharma is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and has supported various initiatives and organisations to promote the cause.
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In February 2015, Rohit Sharma joined People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to support sterilisation of homeless cats and dogs.
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When supporting the cause Rohit Sharma said, "Sterilisation is important because I feel that if we can stop, there will be control of population among the street dogs".
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In September 2015, along with Hollywood actors Matt LeBlanc and Salma Hayek, Rohit Sharma joined an anti-poaching campaign in Kenya to save the wild animals of Africa including the last surviving northern white rhinoceros.
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Rohit Sharma told his Twitter followers: "All proceeds from your purchases would go to an animal charity of my choice".
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In 2018 on "World Rhino Day", Rohit Sharma was announced as the WWF-India Rhino Ambassador.