Rohit Sharma was once termed as the most talented cricketer India has ever produced, even better than MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. But despite an outstanding debut, he was in and out of the team.The man did not give up and fought his way back by becoming the best opener in limited formats.
Looking at the records he is the most successful ODI batsman in the last 3 years and looking at his red hot form the opener will dominate the world cricket for the years to come.
Let’s take a look at the 20 interesting facts about Rohit Sharma that will blow your mind.
- Rohit Sharma lived with his grandparents in Borivali during a major chunk of his childhood. Rohit was shifted to Borivali so that he doesn’t have to travel much, although his parents didn’t live far. They lived in Dombivili in a 1 BHK flat, and didn’t shift to Borivali due to financial constraints.
- Rohit Sharma is a distant relative of Salman Khan. His wife Ritika Sajdeh is the cousin of famous Sports Management firm, Cornerstone Sports, owner Bunty Sajdeh, who is the brother-in-law of Sohail Khan. Bunty Sajdeh is reportedly dating Sonakshi Sinha.
- Rohit Sharma can fluently speak in Hindi, English, Telugu and Marathi
- Rohit Sharma has a bad habit of missing his belongings, during a show Breakfast with Champions Virat Kohli himself revealed that once he forgot his passport.
- Rohit Sharma is a vegetarian, but his liking towards eggs is famous worldwide. Being a Brahmin, he follows the traditions and eat eggs outside home. He once challenged a friend to eat 50 eggs at a time.
- He is the only player to have scored 3 triple centuries and take hat-trick in cricket.
- He is the only batsman to have scored 5 centuries in a single edition of World Cup.
- Rohit Sharma favorite IPL team is Real Madrid
- Now you know the reason why his jersey no has 45 and his social account be it Instagram (product) or Twitter (product) have 45 written on it
- His wife Ritika Sajdeh is rakhi sister of Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj was the guy who introduced the couple in 2008 during a Reebok shoot. Soon Ritika Sajdeh became the sports manager of Rohit Sharma. For the months to come, she developed a bond with Rohit and rest as we say is history. She married Rohit Sharma in 2015.
- Ritika was interested in sports and would often meet Rohit during practice sessions. After months of dating Rohit finally proposed Ritika at the Borivali sports ground, the same place where Rohit started his cricket journey.
- He holds the record of hitting most triple hundred (3), most number of sixes in an innings ( 17), most number of 150+ scores (7).
- He is the only player in the history of world cricket to have made his test debut after playing 100+ ODI’s.
- His mother suggested him the jersey number 45 when the Mumbaikar was playing for India in Under-19 World Cup in 2006 . It was during the semifinal he was asked to pick the jersey number, he asked for 19, but it wasn’t available so he chose his mother favorite 45. 4 and 5 sums up to 9, which is the lucky number of Rohit Sharma
- Ritika was interested in sports and they would meet often during practice sessions. As such, one fine day Rohit once took Ritika to Borivali sports ground and proposed her there. He chose this place because it was here where he started his cricketing career.
- He is the only cricketer to have won 5 IPL trophies ( 3 with Mumbai Indians and 1 with Deccan Chargers)
- His coach Dinesh Lad, the father of Mumbai teammate Sidhesh Lad, understood Rohit’s potential as a cricketer and made him a batsman. Rohit had started as an off-spinner.
- He got the nickname “Hitman” from his friend in the production team during the match in Bengaluru when he scored a double hundred against Australia. It was picked by someone in the commentary team and then it went viral. His other nicknames are “RO’ given by his wife and “Shaana” given by Yuvraj Singh.
- Rohit Sharma started off as off-spinner but later transformed into a great batsman.
- He is the second cricketer after Suresh Raina to have scored century across all formats.
- Sachin Tendulkar had presented Rohit Sharma the Junior Cricketer of the Year Award in 2003-04
