Some Interesting Facts About Rohit Sharma

Facts About Rohit Sharma

Indian cricket team star Rohit Sharma is a visual treat for his fans on the field. He is one of the most talented players on the squad. He is the proud achiever of the highest individual score in ODIs – 264 and is the only batsman in the world to breach the 200 marks in ODIs thrice till now. The Hit-Man of the Indian Cricket team has a lot of nicknames such a maggieman, No-Hit, etc. His journey from a little boy to an awesome cricketer is worth knowing. Here are some unknown facts about him that will amaze you for sure.

• Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• Rohit Sharma was about to make a test debut in February 2010 against South Africa but injured himself on the morning of the match and waited for three years to get another chance.
• Rohit was one of the favorite players among his colony too and once he broke a glass which was followed by a police complaint.
• His family wasn’t well off and they lived under harsh and inclement conditions, which eventually saw them shift to a Mumbai locality to stay with their relatives. This was one of the reasons why Rohit picked up the bat from a young age as money and resources were a major problem for his family.

• Rohit Sharma can fluently talk in 4 languages - Hindi, English, Marathi, and Telugu.
• Rohit Sharma was the first Indian to score a hundred in T20s when he scored one for Mumbai against Gujarat in the 2006-07 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 competition. He scored 101* off 45 balls with 13 fours and five sixes.

• Rohit Sharma is the 2nd Indian to score a century in a knock-out match in ICC World Cup history. The first to do so was Sourav Ganguly against Kenya in 2003.
• Rohit Sharma was suggested to wear jersey number 9. However, he didn’t want a single-digit number before his mother picked the number 45 for him when he was playing for India U-19 in the 2006 World Cup. Moreover, 4 and 5 add up to 9 and so Rohit gladly accepted the number.
• The story behind Jersey no. 45 - While he was in Sri Lanka playing the under-19 World Cup, he didn’t have a jersey number till then, it was blank.” Well, before the semi-final match, players were asked to pick a number for the jersey. Rohit wished for 19 but it was not vacant. He then called his mother and she chose the number 45. And this is how he got the No. 45 imprinted on his jersey. This is also how no. 45 became lucky for him.

• Rohit Sharma had posed for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 2014 in their campaign against circuses.
• Rohit Sharma has a habit of missing his belongings, mostly by leaving them in a bus or Hotel. He once missed his passport before going for a match to a European country. Through a lot of trouble, it was arranged for him before his flight. This was revealed by Dinesh Kartik in an interview.
• Rohit Sharma is among those four cricketers who have won IPL with two different teams (Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians). Lakshmipathy Balaji, Pragyan Ojha, and Yusuf Pathan are the other three players (also Karn Sharma three years three diff teams withs trophies 2016 2017 2018)

• Rohit Sharma had revealed that he once went shopping in Australia and bought products (four pairs of jeans and 10-15 T-shirts) worth 1.5 lakhs INR.
• Rohit Sharma, in his school days, bunked his school to meet his idol Virender Sehwag.

• Rohit Sharma is the first skipper to lead his team to the IPL title thrice. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have won three titles (2013, 2015, 2017) in IPL.
• Rohit Sharma fell down after the fan tries to touch his feet after invading into pitch and laughed a lot.

• Virat Kohli revealed that among the Indian Cricket team members, Rohit is the one who loves to sleep a lot.
• He married Ritika Sajdeh on 13 December 2015 after being in a relationship for six years. Ritika is the rakhi sister of Yuvraj Singh.