Rohit Sharma Biography, Photos, Records, Family

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Full name: Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Date of birth (Birthday): April 30, 1987

Place of birth: Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Day of birth: Thursday

Zodiac sign: Taurus

Nickname:

Height: 5 ft 10 in

Family:

Parents

Father's Name: Gurunath P. Sharma

Mother's Name: Purnima Sharma (hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)

Brother's Name: Vishal (younger brother)

Major teams: India, Deccan Chargers, India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI, Mumbai Under-19s.

Domestic team: Mumbai

Zone: West

IPL Team: Mumbai Indians

C/G: C

S/N: 45

Note:
C/G = Contract grade
S/N = Shirt number

Playing role: Batsman

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Rohit Sharma is an Indian cricketer. Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu speaking parents from Andhra Pradesh.

Education (Schooling): Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady Of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp.

Love Life: Rohit Sharma doesn't have girlfriend. He is single.

Records:

In December 2009, Sharma scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy and was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar was being rested.

He started international playing career at the age of 20.

He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his First-class side Mumbai in the 2006/2007 season. He scored 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat.

Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2006, at Gwalior. It was his unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur in the same tournament, that brought him into the limelight.

He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010. He followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on May 30, 2010 by scoring 101 not out.

He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL (Indian Premier League) season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72.