10 Interesting Facts About Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He is one of the most renowned batsmen in the world of cricket and is nicknamed Hitman due to his brutal and terrific batting. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team and the captain of Mumbai Indians, the most successful team in the IPL with 5 titles under their name.

Here are 10 facts about him that you need to know:

• He has a habit of forgetting his belongings often. Once he even forgot his passport and after a lot of trouble it was arranged for him before the flight.

• His Jersey No 45, was picked by his Mother for him.

• Rohit Sharma can speak fluently in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and English.

Rohit Sharma’s parents are Gurunath Sharma and Purnima Sharma. His mother Purnima is from Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. He knows Telugu as it is his mother tongue.

• He started his career as an off spinner and was later motivated by his coach to bat.

• He has the highest individual score In ODIs in a single innings – 264* from 172 balls against Sri Lanka.

• He has won the IPL with two different teams which are Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers.

• Rohit Sharma, in his school days bunked his school to meet Virender Sehwag.
Rohit Sharma’s cricketing idol is Sachin Tendulkar.

• Rohit Sharma was the first Indian to score a T20 hundred. He achieved this feat against Gujarat in the 2006-07 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 competition. He scored 101* off 45 balls with 13 fours and five sixes.

• He’s the only batsman to score 3 ODI double centuries.

• He wasn’t financially stable and was hence given a scholarship by his school solely based on his cricketing abilities.