Rohit Sharma Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Assets and Awards

Riya KapoorMarch 2, 2022

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Rohit Sharma And His Family

Rohit was born on April 30 1987, in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Purnima Sharma and Gurunath Sharma. Rohit Sharma‘s father worked as a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. His father didn’t have adequate financial means to support Rohit, and hence he was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali.

Rohit Gurunath Sharma was born on April 30, 1987, in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Gurunath Sharma, the caretaker of a storehouse for a transport firm, and Purnima Sharma. As his father’s earnings were insufficient to raise him and his younger brother Vishal, he grew up with his grandparents and uncles in the western Mumbai suburb of Borivli and visited his parents every weekend.

Age, Physical Appearance and Height

he was born on April 30 1987, and according to the calculation, her current age is 34 years.

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status is the main things for cricket. The Height, Weight & Physical also attract fans. The height of Rohit Sharma is 173 cm and 1.73 m and feet inches- 5′ 8″. Her weight is in kilograms- 72 kg.weight.

Rohit Sharma Waist Size 31 Inches and chest 40 Inches, And biceps 12 Inches. he has black colour hair and Dark Brown colour eyes.

Education

Rohit Sharma received his early education from Swami Vivekananda International School, Our Lady Velankanni High School and Junior College Mumbai.

Rohit Sharma has been interested in playing cricket since childhood. He has also played a lot of cricket in his street. Rohit’s father had sent him to live with his grandfather in Mumbai due to the poor economic condition of the house.

His cricket career started in Mumbai itself.

Personal Life

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

After dating for almost six years, Rohit proposed Ritika to hold the utmost importance in his life. She accepted the proposal, and the couple got married on December 13 2015. They became proud parents of baby daughter Samaira in 2018. The couple is madly in love and considers each other as their pillar of strength. Their fans love them as a couple and consider Ritika as Rohit’s lucky charm.

Domestic Career

Rohit Sharma made his domestic cricket debut for West Zone in their Deodhar Trophy match against Central Zone at Gwalior in March 2005. During the same tournament, he scored an unbeaten 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur.

He was selected for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy and made 30 probable for the Champions Trophy list even before his Ranji debut but failed to make it into the final squad. His First-class debut for India A was against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006, followed by his Ranji debut for Mumbai in the 2006-07 season, during which he scored a double-century against Gujarat.

International Career

Rohit Sharma made his ODI debut against Ireland at Belfast during India’s tour in 2007 but did not get a chance to bat in the match. He earned the ‘Man of the Match’ award for leading India to victory with an unbeaten 50 off 40 balls against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 on September 20, 2017.

He was selected for the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia thanks to his maiden ODI half-century against Pakistan at Jaipur on November 18 2007. He scored two more half-centuries in Australia, including a 66 in the 1st final at Sydney during India’s successful run chase.

A series of bad performances cost him his middle-order position in the team. Even a triple-century in Ranji could not secure him in the playing eleven during India’s Bangladesh tour in 2009. He even failed to utilize his test debut opportunity after being selected in place of injured V. V. S. Laxman in February 2010, as he injured himself playing football during the warm-up session.

While he scored two back-to-back centuries against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka during the tri-series in May 2010, poor form in South Africa cost him a place in the Indian squad for the 2011 World Cup. Upon his return against West Indies in 2011, he secured his first ‘Man of the Series’ honour for his two half-centuries, including a matching-winning, 86 off 91 balls after India were down to 92-6.

Due to his excellent form, he was promoted to open with Shikhar Dhawan for the Champions Trophy in 2013. The duo built an exceptional rapport and led India to many series wins. He scored 209 runs off 158 balls against Australia in Bangalore and broke the world record for most sixes hit in an ODI inning with 16 sixes.

He eventually made his test debut during Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test series in November 2013. He scored two back-to-back hundreds to become the third Indian batsman after Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly.

In 2014, his 264 against Sri Lanka broke many ODI records as it was the highest individual ODI score, the first ODI 250, and the first instance of two double-centuries by a player.

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IPL Career

The Deccan Chargers franchise selected Rohit Sharma for a sum of US$750,000 in 2008 IPL, during which he won the Orange Cap as the leading run-scorer for some time.

The Mumbai Indians bought him for US$2 million in the 2011 season, and the team won its first IPL during the 2013 season under his captaincy, followed by two more wins in 2015 and 2017.

Captaincy

After the retirement of Ajit Agarkar, he was named the captain of the Mumbai Ranji team for the 2013–14 season, thanks to his successful captaincy for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. In December 2017, with skipper, Virat Kohli rested, he was named the captain of the Indian team for the Sri Lanka series and registered 2-1 and 3-0 wins in the ODI and the T20 series, respectively.

Net Worth

Rohit Sharma’s Net Worth is $24 million (Rs. 180 Crore INR) in 2022. In India, cricket is followed blindly, and fans are crazy about the game and the players. And one such star of the Indian team is cricketer Mr Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma is the Man behind significant victories India has achieved in recent times. He is remembered for his outstanding performance as a cricketer and is known as “Hitman” by his fans and friends. He is the opening Batsman for the Indian Cricket team as a player.

Awards & Achievements

Apart from his numerous ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’ awards, Rohit Sharma has received the ‘Arjuna Award’ from the Indian Government in 2015.

He has scored three ODI double centuries, the maximum by any player, including his 264 against Sri Lanka, the highest individual ODI score.

On October 2, 2015, he became the second Indian cricketer, after Suresh Raina, to have scored centuries in all game formats with his 106 in the first T20I against South Africa at Dharamshala.

He led the Mumbai Indians team to three IPL trophies. He has also taken a hat-trick in IPL and became the fifth player.

Rohit Sharma Assets:

House: Rohit Sharma owns a luxury designer house in Mumbai, India, which he bought in 2015. Also, he owns multiple real-estate properties across the country. The current value of his house is Rs. 30 Crore INR.