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Rohit Sharma Profile, Early Life, Cricket Career, Achievements, Records, Awards
Rohit Sharma Profile, Early Life, Cricket Career, Achievements, Records, Awards
Rohit Sharma is an Indian cricketer and is currently the Indian ODI and T20 teams’ vice-captain. He also serves as the captain of the IPL team Mumbai Indians.
Rohit Sharma has a number of records under his name. He has scored 3 double-centuries in ODIs, in addition, to the centuries in T20 and Test formats too.
Rohit Sharma having the hard-hitting ability, he is also famously known as ‘The Hitman.’
Rohit Sharma gained recognition right from his early days. He started at a mere age of 20 and soon was getting praises for his mature and calm performance.
Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 (age 31 years), in Nagpur, Maharashtra, in a middle-class family. Initially, he was trained under Dinesh Lad, a cricket coach, who also supported him financially to get admission into Swami Vivekanand International School.
Rohit Sharma is Right-Handed Batsman and Right-Arm Offbreak Bowler.
Rohit Sharma made his debut in the ODI format against Ireland at Civil Service Cricket Club, 23 Jun 2007.
Rohit Sharma made his debut in the T20I against England at Kingsmead, 19th September 2007
Rohit Sharma made test debut against West Indies at Eden Gardens, 6th November 2013.
Rohit Sharma till date 2018 had made over 7000 runs in ODI format, 1500 runs in test cricket and over 4500 runs in T20Is.
Awards & Achievements
Rohit Sharma received a number of ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’ awards.
Rohit Sharma was honored with ‘Arjuna Award’ in 2015.
Rohit Sharma is the only individual to score 264 in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma is the only Indian who has centuries in all formats of cricket, other than Suresh Raina.
