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Rohit Sharma is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm off-break occasionally. Rohit is widely popular for his aggressive style of batting where he likes to take the charge of the bowler. He is the only batsman in the world to hit three double centuries in ODI cricket. He also holds the record for the most number of runs scored by a batsman in a single inning of ODI cricket (264 vs Sri Lanka). Because of his aggressive batting style, Rohit has been nicknamed \u2018Hitman\u2019.<\/p>
<\/p>Full Name<\/strong><\/td>Rohit Gurunath Sharma<\/td><\/tr> | Nick Name<\/strong><\/td>Hitman, Ro, Shaana<\/td><\/tr> | Designation<\/strong><\/td>Vice-captain of Indian cricket Team<\/td><\/tr> | Role<\/strong><\/td> <\/strong>Right-handed batsman<\/td><\/tr>Jersey No.<\/strong><\/td>45<\/td><\/tr> | Date and Place of Birth<\/strong><\/td>30 April 1987 (age 32), Nagpur, Maharashtra<\/td><\/tr> | Height<\/strong><\/td>5 ft 8 inch<\/td><\/tr> | Wife<\/strong><\/td>Ritika Sajdeh (married in 2015)<\/td><\/tr> | Father<\/strong><\/td>Gurunath Sharma<\/td><\/tr> | Mother<\/strong><\/td>Purnima Sharma<\/td><\/tr> | Daughter<\/strong><\/td>Samaira<\/td><\/tr> | ICC ODI Ranking<\/strong><\/td>2 (855 Rating)<\/td><\/tr> | Test debut (cap 280)<\/strong><\/td>6 November 2013 against West Indies<\/td><\/tr> | ODI debut (cap 168)<\/strong><\/td>23 June 2007 against Ireland<\/td><\/tr> | T20I debut (cap 17)<\/strong><\/td>19 September 2007 against England<\/td><\/tr> | ODI runs<\/strong><\/td>9,115 (29 Centuries)<\/td><\/tr> | Test Match Runs<\/strong><\/td>2141 (6 centuries)<\/td><\/tr> | T20I Runs<\/strong><\/td>2713 (4 centuries)<\/td><\/tr> | Zodiac Sign<\/strong><\/td>Scorpio<\/td><\/tr> | Captain<\/strong><\/td>Indian cricket team, Mumbai Indians<\/td><\/tr> | Hobbies<\/strong><\/td>Traveling, watching movies, playing table tennis & video games<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><\/p> Early Life<\/strong><\/h2>Rohit Sharma is from a low-income background. His father maintained a warehouse for a shipping company. The mother of Rohit Sharma is from Visakhapatnam. He was raised in Borivali, Mumbai, by his grandparents and uncles. <\/p> <\/figure><\/div><\/p> Dinesh Lad was Rohit’s coach throughout his early career at Mumbai’s Swami Vivekanand International School. He did not charge Rohit for his tutoring.<\/p> Unexpectedly, Rohit bowled off-spin before moving to the opening batsman position. However, coach Dinesh Lad elevated him to begin the innings because to his hitting prowess. Rohit performed admirably in the Giles Shield and Harris school cricket competitions, opening the batting with a century on his debut.<\/p> <\/p> Cricket Career of Rohit Sharma<\/strong><\/h2>Test Match<\/strong><\/td>ODI Match<\/strong><\/td>T20 Match<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>Matches:107<\/td> | Matches:224<\/td> | Matches:107<\/td><\/tr> | Centuries: 6<\/td> | Centuries:29<\/td> | Centuries:4<\/td><\/tr> | Double Centuries:1<\/td> | Double Centuries:3<\/td> | Half Centuries:20<\/td><\/tr> | Runs:2141<\/td> | Runs: 9115<\/td> | Runs: 2713<\/td><\/tr> | Average: 46<\/td> | Average: 49<\/td> | Average: 31.90<\/td><\/tr> | Highest score:212<\/td> | Highest score:264<\/td> | Highest score:118<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure> <\/p> Key Records of Rohit Sharma<\/strong><\/h2>- Rohit Sharma is the first and the only batsman in the world to score four T20I centuries.<\/li>\n\n
- Rohit Sharma is the first and the only batsman in the world to score 3 double centuries in the ODI so far.<\/li>\n\n
- He has the record of the highest individual score (264 runs) in the ODI format.<\/li>\n\n
- Rohit has a record of most number of sixes (i.e. 120) by an Indian batsman in T20Is format.<\/li>\n\n
- After Suresh Raina, Rohit was the only batsman who scored at least a century in each of the three forms of International Cricket. Now KL Rahul has also achieved this feat.<\/li>\n\n
- Rohit Sharma is the only batsman who scored 8 innings of 150+ in ODIs. <\/li>\n\n
- He is the fastest Indian opener and the second-fastest opener in the world to touch 5000 ODI runs. Rohit took 102 innings to do so while Hashim Amla achieved this feat in just 100 innings.<\/li>\n\n
- The records of David Warner and Sachin Tendulkar were broken by Rohit Sharma, the only batter to score eight innings of 150 or more in One Day Internationals.<\/li>\n\n
- After Sachin and Virat Kohli, he is the third-highest Indian century scorer (29) in the ODI format.<\/li>\n\n
- In the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, he is the only batsman with five hundreds.<\/li>\n\n
- In T20 Internationals, Rohit Sharma is second for India in run-getting percentage.<\/li>\n\n
- The only Indian player to strike a century while captaining a T20I is Rohit Sharma.<\/li>\n\n
- As of April 2021, he holds the record for the most sixes (133) by an Indian batsman in T20Is format.<\/li>\n\n
- As the Mumbai Indians’ five-time IPL champion, Rohit is regarded as one of the most successful captains.<\/li><\/ul>
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