For a large part of his career, it seemed Rohit Sharma biggest gift was his biggest burden. Languid, easy on the eye, all shots in his armory, Rohit Sharma emerged from Mumbai’s suburbs as the heir apparent to the batting greats of the 2000s. Ironically his IPL franchise nicknamed him “Hitman” when he was anything but more caresser, less hitter.
However, it took time and persistence for him to become the double-hundred machine and IPL-winning phenomenon that he eventually became.
That Sharma had the talent was apparent to both the casual observer and to the trained eye. So while it took time for that batting talent to translate into runs, the casual observers kept getting frustrated, and the trained eyes of the selectors and captains kept backing him. It had Sharma frustrated too, who began to hate the word “talent”, which became a pejorative nickname for him on social media. Once it all clicked, though – move to open the batting in ODIs late in 2012 was one particular turning point – it did so spectacularly.
Sharma scored ODI double-hundreds for fun, won five IPLs in its first 12 editions, scored five hundred at the 2019 ODI World Cup, and when he finally got to open in Tests in 2019, three quick hundreds in his first series, one of them a double. Sharma became one of the colossal six-hitters of his era. So spectacular and certain was his acceleration that people began anticipate a double-century every time he went past a score of 50.
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Along the way, his captaincy at Mumbai Indians, whom he led to four titles, won plaudits. He was methodical, studious and calm, using all available technology and data to arrive at decisions. He was an able deputy to Virat Kohli in limited-overs formats in international cricket, winning India two titles in Kohli’s absence.
Rohit sharma’s Personal detail
Birth Date
Apr 30, 1987 (33 years)
Birth Place
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
Wife
Ritika Sajdeh (m. 2015)
Children
Samaira Sharma
School
Swami Vivekanand International School, Mumbai
Rohit sharma’s Relationships
Ex-Girlfriend
Sofiya Hayat
Ex Girlfriend/wife
Ritika sajdeh
Rohit sharma’s Career detail
IPL
Mumbai Indians
2006/07–present
Deccan Chargers (squad no. 45)
2008–2010
Mumbai Indians (squad no. 45)
2011–present
National
India
(2007–present)
Career stats
Batting Career Summary
M
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
BF
SR
100
200
50
4s
6s
Test
39
66
8
2679
212
46.19
4627
57.9
7
1
12
282
59
ODI
227
220
32
9205
264
48.96
10354
88.9
29
3
43
832
244
T20I
111
103
14
2864
118
32.18
2061
138.96
4
0
22
252
133
IPL
207
202
28
5480
109
31.49
4199
130.51
1
0
40
476
224
Bowling Career Summary
M
Inn
B
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Econ
Avg
SR
5W
10W
Test
39
16
383
224
2
1/26
1/35
3.51
112.0
191.5
0
0
ODI
227
38
593
515
8
2/27
2/27
5.21
64.38
74.12
0
0
T20I
111
9
68
113
1
1/22
1/22
9.97
113.0
68.0
0
0
IPL
207
31
338
449
15
4/6
4/6
7.97
29.93
22.53
0
0
Rohit sharma Awards
Rohit Sharma was honoured with ‘Arjuna Award’ in 2015.
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Awarded the Golden Bat award for scoring the most number of runs in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
