ROHIT SHARMA

Rohit Sharma age is around 35 years. He was born in Nagpur on 30 April 1987, Mumbai to Gurunath Sharma and Purnima Sharma.

Rohit was raised at his grandparent’s and uncle’s house due to the low income of his father. He used to visit his parents on weekends only who lived in a single room house in Dombivali.

He started his cricket journey at the age of 12 by joining a cricket camp with his uncle’s money.

Family

His father Gurunath Sharma, who worked as a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse and his mother’s name is Purnima Sharma. He has an younger brother named Vishal Sharma and he studied hotel management from Florida.

Rohit Sharma is married to Riktika Sajdeh, who is a sports event manager. They met as professionals and Ritika used to take care of Rohit’s cricket engagements as his manager. Soon they become good friends then best friends and took their relationship to another level.

After dating for almost 6 years, Rohit proposed Ritika at the place that holds the utmost importance in his life. She accepted the proposal and the couple got married on 13 December 2015. They became proud parents of baby daughater Samaira in 2018.

Education

Rohit Sharma completed his School Studies for Primary Education at Swami Vivekananda International School and Junior College, Mumbai. After this, he completed his Higher School at Our Lady of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai.
He didn’t completed his college due to his cricket career. He left studies to pursue his career in Cricket.

Rohit Sharma is a Right-Handed Batsman.Rohit is widely popular for his aggressive style of batting where he likes to take the charge to the bowler. Because of his aggressive batting style, Rohit has been nicknamed ‘Hitman’.

He plays for India’s National Cricket Team, Mumbai and for Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in IPL. He has won 5 IPL Trophies for Mumbai Indians under his Captaincy in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.

Rohit Sharma has hit 3 Double centuries in ODI which is most by any individual player. He also hit fastest century in 35 balls sharing the same position with David Miller and Sudesh Wickramasekara.

Debut

Rohit made his debut for India in International Cricket in an ODI match against Ireland in 2007. Although, he didn’t get to bat at his Debut but India won that match by 8 wickets. At his starting of career, Rohit Sharma used to bat in the middle-order.

He debuts in T20I for India in the same year in ICC World T20 Championship but he didn’t get an opportunity to bat in this too. However, he did get a chance in his second match against South Africa and scored an unbeaten 50 as India won by 37 runs.

Rohit debuts in Test Cricket for India relatively late. But performed outstanding when called upon despite not being the first choice operners for India in test cricket. He scored 177 on his debut game against West Indies to join a small group of Indians to score a century on his debut.

IPL

Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in the Indian Premier League. He has won the IPL trophy five trophies as a Captain for Mumbai Indians.

In total, he has won 6 titles as a player 5 times for Mumbai Indians and 1 time for Deccan Chargers in 2009 where he was the Vice Captain of the team.

The total net worth of Mr. Rohit Sharma is estimated to be 24 Million USD (Rs. 180 Crore), which in Indian currency is approximately equal to 180 Crore Indian Rupee (i.e. approx One Hundred Eighty Crore INR). 

Most of his income and net worth came from cricket. Also, the brand value of Mr. Rohit Sharma is very high, and is also the most respected player across the globe.

He also earns a huge sum of money from various International and National Cricket Matches and from the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also endorses multiple brands where he charges a massive amount of money.