Rohit Sharma Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Net Worth, salary and more

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Rohit Sharmais an Indian right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats. Here you will find information about Rohit Sharma bio, age, height, weight, wife, net worth, salary and relationship status. He made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy at Gwalior in March 2005. He made his first-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006. He made his test debut at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against the West Indies. He made his full international debut in a one-day match against Ireland in Belfast on 23 June 2007.

About/Bio/Wiki of Rohit Sharma

Full Name	Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Nickname	Hitman, Ro, Shaana
Profession	Cricketer

Physical Status & More

Height	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
Weight	in Kilograms- 72 kg in Pounds- 159 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Body Colour	Fair

Cricket

International Debut	ODI- 23 June 2007 against Ireland at Belfast Test- 6 November 2013 against West Indies at Kolkata T20 – 19 September 2007 against England at Durban
Coach/Mentor	Dinesh Lad
Jersey Number	#45 (India) #45 (IPL)
Domestic/State Teams	Mumbai
Batting Style	Right-hand
Records (main ones)	Highest individual score in an ODI match (264 runs). The first player to score 2 double centuries in ODIs. Shares the record for most number of 6s in an ODI match (16 sixes), joining AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. Second Indian player after Suresh Raina to have scored a century in each of the 3 formats (Test, ODI, T20). Highest ODI score by a visiting batsman against Australia in Australia (171 runs). Third Indian player to score more than 1,000 runs against Australia in ODIs, joining Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. During the 2019 World Cup, apart from being the highest run scorer (648 runs), he broke many records including the most number of World Cup centuries. He scored his fifth ton in the World Cup in the last league match of India against Sri Lanka; breaking Kumar Sangakkara’s record for the most number of centuries in a single World Cup in the process. He also equalled the record for most centuries (i.e., 6 in number) in World Cups with Sachin Tendulkar. He also became only the fourth international batsman after Sachin Tendulkar (India – 2003), Mathew Hayden (Australia – 2007) and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh – 2019) to score over 600 runs in a single edition of the World Cup. On 5 October 2019, during a test match against South Africa, he became the first batsman to score two centuries on debut as an opener.
Carrier Turning Point	His unbeaten score of 142 runs in 123 balls for West Zone against North Zone at Udaipur in the 2005 Deodhar Trophy.

Personal Life

Date of Birth	30 April 1987
Birth Place	Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Taurus
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
School	Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College, Mumbai Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai
College	N/A
Religion	Hinduism

Family

Marital Status	Married
Wife/Spouse	Ritika Sajdeh (Sports manager)
Marriage Date	13 December 2015
Children	Daughter- Samaira (born in 2018) Son- None
Parents	Father- Gurunath Sharma (Worked as a caretaker of a transportation company storehouse) Mother- Purnima Sharma
Siblings	Sister- N/A Brother- Vishal Sharma (Younger)

Favorite Things

Hobbies	Travelling, watching movies, playing table tennis & video games
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Favourite Cricketer	Batsman : Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag Bowler : Harbhajan Singh
Favourite Food	Aloo Paratha, Chinese cuisine, eggs
Favourite Actor	Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan
Favourite Film	Bollywood: Veer-Zara, Hera Pheri, Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander, Border Hollywood: The Avengers, Iron Man, The Dark Night Rises
Cars Collection	BMW M5 Series
Salary (approx.)	RETAINER FEE: 1 crore (INR) TEST FEE: 15 lakh (INR) ODI FEE: 6 lakh (INR) T20 FEE: 3 lakh (INR)
Net Worth	$18.7Million

Controversies of Rohit Sharma:

In the 2015 World Cup quarter-final match between India and Bangladesh, when Rubel Hossain took the wicket of Rohit Sharma, Pakistan’s umpire Aleem Dar adjudged Rubel’s full-toss as waist high ‘no-ball’. However, TV replays showed that it was a real touch-and-go situation which could have gone either way. The very next day ICC president Mustafa Kamal who criticised “poor umpiring.” ICC, however, claimed that it was a 50-50 call and umpire’s decision must be respected.

Does Rohit Sharma smoke: No
Does Rohit Sharma drink alcohol: Not Known

Some less known facts about Rohit Sharma:

• He was born in Nagpur, and when he was 1½ years old, his family moved to Dombivali in Mumbai’s suburbs.
• His family’s financial condition was not good enough, so, he was sent to live with his grandparents in Borivali where he started playing ‘Galli Cricket.’
• At the age of 11, when he was in 6th standard, he joined a local cricket club in Borivali (a suburb in Mumbai) during his summer vacation, not as a batsman but as an off-spin bowler; as there were too many batsmen.
• His talent was first discovered by his school coach, Dinesh Lad when he took a couple of crucial wickets in a 10-over under-12 tournament in 1999.
• Earlier, he used to bat at No. 8 or 9, as a tailender, but when his coach saw potential in his batting, he promoted his batting order in the nets. And, for the first time, he opened in an inter-school ‘Giles Shield’ tournament match, where he scored career-changing 120-odd runs.
• He once said that he struggles to bat against Brett Lee.
• In 2009, he took an IPL hat-trick for Deccan Chargers against Mumbai Indians at Centurion, South Africa, by dismissing Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, and Saurabh Tiwary.
• He is a firm believer of Lord Ganesha and visits the Siddhivinayak Temple before any tour.
• He once bunked his school to meet Virender Sehwag.
• He is a huge fan of the Real Madrid Football Club.
• He loves to sleep a lot.
• If not a cricketer, he would have been a real estate businessman.

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