Rohit Sharma – The current Vice Captain of the Indian Cricket team in the limited overs is undoubtedly the cleanest hitter of a cricket ball you will ever see. Watching his clean hits is the most pleasing sight for any cricket fan.
Once hailed as a ‘talented’ youngster to later ridiculed by the critics for his inconsistency and now becoming an important cog in the Indian batting line up, this Mumbaikar’s journey is nothing short of a movie right there in the making.
Rohit Sharma Biography:
About Athlete
Full Name : Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Age : 31 years
Sport Category : Cricket
Date of Birth : 30 April 1987
Hometown: Mumbai (Born: Nagpur)
Height : 5 ft 10 inch
Wife : Ritika Sajdeh
ODI Debut : 23 June 2007 Vs Ireland
Test Debut : 6 November 2013 Vs West
IndiesICC Rankings
ODI - 2nd, T20I - 7th
Early Life
Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra. His mother Purnima Sharma is from Visakhapatnam while his father Gurunath Sharma worked as a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. Sharma was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali because his father couldn’t afford to raise a child. He would visit his parents, who lived in a single-room house in Dombivli, only during weekends.
His uncle helped him with some finances and Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999. His coach at the camp was Dinesh Lad who asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School, where Lad was the coach and which had better cricket facilities.
Lad got him a scholarship. So for four years he didn’t pay a penny and did well in cricket. Sharma started as an off-spinner who could bat a bit before Lad noticed Sharma’s batting abilities and promoted him from number eight to open the innings.
Domestic Career
Rohit Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2005 at Gwalior. In the same tournament, he scored a brilliant 142* in 123 balls and caught all the eyeballs against North Zone at Udaipur.
He performed for the India A in Abu Dhabi and Australia which lead him for the selection for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy, although he did not make the final squad.
He made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his First-class side Mumbai in the 2006/2007 season. Though he was unable to contribute much in the initial matches, he scored a brilliant knock of 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat. The Hitman scored another half-century in the final against Bengal and Mumbai won the tournament.
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Rohit Sharma’s International Career
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The right handed batsman was selected in the Indian cricket team for the first time in India’s tour to Ireland in 2007. He made his debut at Belfast but did not get to bat. In the next game against South Africa were made only eight runs.
He made his T20I debut against England at Durban during the 2007 ICC World T20 but again did not get to bat. He was included at the last minute in the game against South Africa as Yuvraj Singh was injured and made the opportunity count with an unbeaten 50. He was named Man of the Match. In the finals against the arch-rivals Pakistan, he scored the most valuable 30 off 16 balls, batting at number 6. Eventually, India won the World Cup by mere 5 runs.
He made an impression in the CB series Down Under, playing some crucial cameos against stalwarts like Brett Lee and Stuart Clark, and a more-than-competent Sri Lankan attack.
Rohit ’s knock of 66 he made during the first final of the 2008 Commonwealth Bank Series against Australia when he stitched a 123-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar to win the game for India, was brilliant given the course of the game.
However, his performance dropped and he was also subsequently dropped from the side. Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli grabbed the opportunities that came their way. They even played the 2011 World Cup that India won, where Sharma wasn’t even in the squad.
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