Better known by his Hitman moniker, Shaana, RohitSharma is India’s star cricketer who has gained wide fame for his batting skills coupled with his ability to turn the tide of a match within minutes.
Although he started his international career in his twenties, Shama won so many accolades and awards for his excellence in cricket that he not only became one of the few invaluable players in the Indian team, worldwide his name is recorded as the only batsman to cross the 200 mark in the ODIs twice. Learn more about this Indian cricketer, his family and his career.
Biography of Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was born on April 30, 1987 as Rohit Gurunath Sharma. He was born into an Indian family and grew up in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Gurunath Sharma and Purnima Sharma, a descendant of Visakhapatnam, India’s largest city. He, however, grew up alongside his younger brother Vishal, along with his grandparents, as his father’s income could not support them.
Sharma’s love for cricket only started to materialize when he was eight years old and he was lucky enough to win the support of one of his uncles who gave him money to join a cricket camp. in 1999. Seeing his potentials in the game, head of cricket training camp Dinesh Lad encouraged him to move to Swami Vivekanand International School which had better cricketing facilities. This Rohit did it successfully with the help of Lad who helped him get a four-year scholarship in the institution. There he started as a spinner and later excelled as a century-scoring flyhalf in the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournaments.
Rohit Sharma made his domestic cricket debut for West Zone in a trophy match against Central Zone in Gwalior in March 2005. He scored 142 for 123 against North Zone in Udaipur in the same tournament much to the delight of his fans. The following year, he made his first class debut for India A against New Zealand A, in Darwin. After that, he made his Ranji debut for Mumbai in the 2006-07 season where he scored a double century against Gujarat.
Sharma made her One Day International (ODI) debut in 2007, during the India tour. The match was against Ireland in Belfast, although he did not strike in the game. The heartbreak was notable for Sharma, who awarded him ‘Man of the Match’ for leading his country’s side to an unbeaten 50-on-40 win over South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. Sharma also scored his first ODI half century against Pakistan, in Jaipur on 18 November 2007 and was selected for Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Series 2007–08, where he scored another two centuries.
Despite struggles that cost him his average position in the team during the 2009 and 2010 season, Sharma still rose to become the only batsman in the world to break the 200 mark in ODI twice and the one of the players with the highest individual score in ODI – 264.
Due to his excellent performances, he was quickly promoted to open with Shikhar Dhawan for the champions trophy in 2013. Rohit was also awarded the “Arjuna Award” by the Government of India in 2015. In December 2017, Sharma broke the world record by scoring the fastest century with 35 balls in Twenty20 International. against Sri Lanka. Hence, he is so far the only Indian who has centuries in all cricket formats except Suresh Raina. In the same year, he was named India captain following the retirement of the team’s former captain, Jit Agarkar. Sharma was even selected to lead India for the Nidahas Trophy in March 2018.
Who is Rohit Sharma’s wife, Ritika Sajdeh?
Amid his successful career, Rohit Sharma has an interesting love life. He got engaged to his girlfriend of six years and manager, Ritika Sajdeh. She was introduced to him by senior player Yuvraj Singh in 2008 and they officially tied the knot on December 13, 2015. Sajdeh was born on December 21, 1987, to Bobby Sajdeh and his wife, Tina Sajdeh. She was the sports director of Cornerstone Sport & Entertainment, a company owned by her first cousin Bunty Sachdeva, but rose to popularity after her relationship with Rohit Sharma.
Her wedding to ‘Ro’ as she calls him, took place at Mumbai’s Taj Lands Hotel in Bandra (West) and a host of sports, Bollywood, business and political personalities attended. Currently, the couple are living in their 4-BHK apartment at Ahuja Towers, Worli, Mumbai.
His family
His mother Purnima hails from Visakhapatnam while Rohit hails from Maharashtra from where he is able to speak Hindi, Telugu, Marathi and even English fluently. His mother had wanted him to study well and get a reputable job so that he could help his father whose income as a warehouse keeper for a transportation company could not support his family. She never wanted him to be a cricketer but, Rohit never listened to anyone, instead he followed his passion and three years into his career he was able to fulfill his promise to his parents to move them from their home. house in Dombivili in a chic district of Borivali. Also, he funded his younger brother Vishal’s trip to Florida to study hotel management.