Rohit Sharma: Facts To Know About Hitman Of Indian Cricket!

Rohit Sharma is a popular Indian Cricketer who presently represents the country in International Cricket. His full name is Rohit Gurunath Sharma; individuals also admire him by his nickname, Hitman, Ro Hit. In addition, on the domestic level, he plays first-class cricket for Mumbai. Since his domestic cricket days, Rohit has possibly looked like India’s perfect number-four batsman.

However, his contradiction and knack for giving away his wicket were never acceptable for him to cement the spot during the initial years of his career. After a few years of being in and out of the side, Rohit Sharma finally found steadiness, thanks to MS Dhoni’s verdict to make him open the batting during the 2013 Champions Trophy. 

He is the present vice-captain for the Indian Cricket team in restricted-overs cricket. He is also the current captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed opening batsman and bowls right-arm off-break irregularly. Rohit is broadly prevalent for his antagonistic style of batting where he likes to take the responsibility of the bowler. He also represents Mumbai at the domestic level and is measured as one of the showiest batters India has ever introduced. 

Physical Stats

• Height: He stands 5’8”.
• Weight: Presently, his weight is 72 kg. 
• Eye Colour: He has beautiful dark brown eyes. 
• Hair Colour: He has black hair. 
• Birthplace: Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India is his birthplace. 
• Zodiac Sign: Taurus is his zodiac sign. 
• Age: He is 34 years old as of 2021. 
• Qualifications: From Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College, Mumbai he completed his college education, and from Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai he completed his schooling. 

Family

Rohit Gurunath Sharma belongs to a poor family. The Father of Rohit Sharma was a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. His beautiful mother belongs to Visakhapatnam. Rohit used to live in Borivali, Mumbai with his uncles and grandparents. Whereas his father’s name is Gurunath Sharma and his beautiful mother’s name is Purnima Sharma. He also has a sibling. During his early years, his family had to fight for a livelihood. 

Affair 

His marital status is married. Whereas his girlfriend’s name is Sofia Hayat, she is a beautiful actress and he is married to Ritika Sajdeh who is a sports Manager, after being in a relationship for six years. 

Education 

He finished his school education at Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai, and his college education at Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College, Mumbai. 

Controversies 

• The news of his unfollowing of Virat Kholi from Twitter after a reported fallout between the two led to a huge controversy. This was positively one of the most talked-about incidents on social media for fairly some days. To that, Anushka Sharma looked to Instagram and shared a mysterious message, which said, “A wise man once said nothing”. Only truth can shake hands with peace in a muddle of false appearances. 
• Throughout India’s tour to Australia during 2014-15, he was pampered in the rift with Aussie player David Warner when the latter spoke to him to ‘speak English’ nastily and this raised several eyebrows from the cricket fraternity. Ultimately, David Warner said sorry to him and the matter got shut. 

Source of Income 

Rohit Sharma is having great wealth while being a popular Indian Cricketer. He has huge investments in dissimilar sectors. Real estate projects around the country, the stock market, and luxurious cars are some of his prominent investments. He also has a keen interest in NFTs and metaverse, and he is interested in launching his own NFT. 

Brand Endorsement is another contributor to Rohit Sharma’s net worth. He endorses as many as 12 brands on his own and several others as a part of his IPL contract. 

Lesser-Known Facts About Rohit Sharma

• In the ODIs, Rohit Gurunath Sharma holds the highest individual score of 264. 
• He holds the 2^nd highest number of sixes in an ODI – 16. 
• In ODI, he is the only player to score 8, 150+ scores. 
• In a World Cup, he is the 2^nd player to hit 3 consecutive centuries. 
• To score a T20I century, he is the only Indian Cricketer as a captain. 
• In 100 T20 Internationals, he is the 2^nd player overall and the first Indian to feature. 
• In 2015, Rohit was honored with the National Award and Arjuna Award. 
• In 2020, Rohit Sharma gets awarded Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna. 
• He is quite active on social media. On Instagram, he has 14.2 million followers, and more than 16 million on Twitter. 
• Rohit’s mother never wanted him to become a cricketer. She wanted to study brilliantly. But, he didn’t listen to her or anyone and chased his passion. 
• Rohit is an ardent admirer of Manchester United. 

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