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Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is an Indian cricketer who is a right handed batsman and he also bowls occasionally and is a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut in 2007 against Ireland and he also plays for Mumbai in the domestic cricket. Sharma has the highest individual score in One Day Internationals (ODI) with 264 runs scored against Sri Lanka. He is the only cricketer to have two double centuries in ODI cricket. He made his Test match debut in 2013 and scored consecutive centuries in his first two matches. He leads the Mumbai Indians team in the Indian Premiere League (IPL) and is the third skipper after Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir to lead his team and win the IPL title twice. Born on 30th April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur in Maharashtra, Rohit was born to Purnima Sharma and Gurunath Sharma. Rohit speaks Telugu as his mother hails from Visakhapatnam. His father worked as a caretaker at a transport firm house and had a very low income. As the family was unable to meet the financial needs, Rohit stayed with his grandparents and uncles and was raised up in Borivali. He would visit his parents only during the weekends. Sharma started his schooling in Our Lady of Vailankanni High School in Borivali, Mumbai. During his school days, he joined a cricket camp in 1999 and played under coach Dinesh Lad in the camp. His coach was impressed by his passion for cricket and he asked him to change his school and join Swami Vivekanand International School which had better cricket facilities and Lad himself was a coach in the school. Sharma didnt had the money to afford such a big school so the coach got him scholarship and he didnt had to pay a single rupee for four years. Sharma started to play as an off spinner and would bat a bit. Lad noticed Sharmas ability in batting and asked him to open the innings. Rohit played the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournament and on his debut as an opener, he scored a century. Rohit then made his debut in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2005 playing for the West Zone against Central Zone in the same tournament, he scored 142 runs in 123 balls playing against North Zone. He also played well for India A team in Abudhabi and Australia brought him into limelight and he was selected in the 30 member probable's for Champions Trophy. In 2006, he made his debut in Ranji Trophy for Mumbai and in a match against Gujarat, he scored 205 off 267 balls and in the tournament finale, he scored a half century against Bengal. Rohit Sharma was selected for Indias tour of Ireland in 2007 and he made his ODI debut against Ireland at Belfast. Rohit made his first T20 half century against South Africa in the T20 match of ICC World Cup Twenty20 and helped India to reach semi finals o the tournament. He was also declared as the man of the match for his innings. His first ODI half century was against Pakistan in November 2007 and he was then selected for CB series in Australia where he scored 66 in the first final at Sydney. However there was a downfall in his performance in ODIs and he was replaced by Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli. Rohit then again concentrated in Ranji Trophy and scored a triple century in the tournament and was once again selected for the ODI team for the tri nation tournament held in Bangladesh. Sharma was selected in the Indian Test team in February 2010 but he didnt play in any of the matches. Sharmas first ODI century was against Zimbabwe in 2010 where he scored 114 runs. He again scored a century in May 2010 in the tri series against Sri Lanka scoring 101*. However, he wasnt included in the 2011 squad of India for the World Cup. Sharma was then selected in the ODI team against West Indies and he won the man of the match award in the first ODI of the series for his 68* out of 75 balls. He also scored 86 runs of 91 balls in the third innings, and the score came when India was struggling at 92 for 6. Due to his good performance throughout the tournament, he won the Man of the series award. In 2013, he was experimented as an opening batsman with Shikhar Dhawan in the Champions Trophy. The opening pair played well and helped India in winning the Champions Trophy as well as the Tri Nation series in West Indies. In Australias tour of India, he scored 141* and then 209 runs off 158 balls. He broke the record of most sixes in an ODI innings. Sharma then made his test debut in 2013 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against West Indies and scored 117 in his debut match and then followed up with 111* innings in Mumbai and became the third Indian after Mohammad Azharuddin and Saurav Ganguly to score two back to back centuries in their first two tests. In 2014, Sharma made a world record by scoring 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Garden and made a record of highest individual score in a ODI match. He broke the record of Virender Sehwags 219 runs. Sharma also has a successful career in IPL and was first selected in the Deccan Chargers and then in Mumbai Indians. In the IPL of 2009, Sharma was the vice captain of Deccan Chargers. After being auctioned in the Mumbai Indians team, Sharma was promoted as the captain of the team in 2013. He helped Mumbai Indians in winning the IPL Trophy twice. Sharma has one IPL century and a hat-trick to his name. Sharma got engaged to his childhood friend Ritika Sajdeh in April 2015 and they tied the knot on December 13 2015.

IPL 2021: Pat Cummins Set to Earn More Money Than MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma as KKR Pacer Gets Retained Ahead of IPL 14 Mini-Auction
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India Cricketers Arrive Home After Beating Australia 2-1 in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
India.com Sports Desk | January 21, 2021 1:16 PM IST
Five members including Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw and coach Ravi Shastri
India Cricketers Arrive Home After Beating Australia 2-1 in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
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Highlights India vs Australia 4th Test Day 5 Gabba, Brisbane Today's Match Scorecard AS IT HAPPENED: Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill Help IND Register Historic Series Win; Retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy
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India's Predicted Squad For England Test Series: Kohli, Ishant Set to Return; Shami, Jadeja And Vihari Unavailable
India.com Sports Desk | January 19, 2021 8:55 AM IST
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Rohit Sharma Does a Steve Smith During 4th Test at Brisbane, Shadow Bats During Drinks Break on Day 4 | WATCH
India.com Sports Desk | January 18, 2021 8:33 AM IST
While this has not sparked controversy as yet, it is surely bound to grab eyeballs.
Rohit Sharma Does a Steve Smith During 4th Test at Brisbane, Shadow Bats During Drinks Break on Day 4 | WATCH
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Brisbane Test: Rohit Sharma Has 'No Regrets' On His Dismissal vs Nathan Lyon in Fourth Test at The Gabba, Says I Will Keep Playing Such Shots
India.com Sports Desk | January 16, 2021 3:57 PM IST
As he has always maintained, Rohit doesn't have much time for his critics and would rather focus on
Brisbane Test: Rohit Sharma Has 'No Regrets' On His Dismissal vs Nathan Lyon in Fourth Test at The Gabba, Say
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IND vs AUS 2021: Sunil Gavaskar Slams Rohit Sharma For 'Irresponsible Shot' in Brisbane Test on Day 2, Says You're a Senior Player, There's no Excuse For This
India.com Sports Desk | January 16, 2021 12:52 PM IST
It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that among all top-order batsman across both sides, Rohit
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IND vs AUS 4th Test: Nathan GOAT Lyon Achieves Big Feat in Brisbane, Dismisses Rohit Sharma Most Times in Tests
India.com Sports Desk | January 16, 2021 11:18 AM IST
Rohit Sharma has faced 258 deliveries off Lyon in Tests.
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Navdeep Saini Injury Update: BCCI Team Monitoring Fast Bowler After he Complained of Groin Pain
India.com Sports Desk | January 15, 2021 11:00 AM IST
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India vs Australia 2021: CA Offers Apology to Ajinkya Rahane-Led Team India For Racial Abuse From Crowd in Sydney, Play Disrupted
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Six people were expelled from the ground by the security during the nearly 10-minute halt in the
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In Numbers: Steve Smith, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill Enter Record Books on Day 2 of Sydney Test
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Several records were broken and made during the action-packed day 2 of the Sydney Test.
In Numbers: Steve Smith, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill Enter Record Books on Day 2 of Sydney Test
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IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Day 2 Report: Australia Remove India Openers After Smith Century Lifts Them to 338
India.com Sports Desk | January 8, 2021 1:10 PM IST
Steven Smith scored his 27th Test century but India made a strong reply with their openers before
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Highlights Australia vs India 3rd Test: Labuschagne, Pucovski Hit Half-Centuries on Rain-Interrupted Day 1
India.com Sports Desk | January 7, 2021 1:24 PM IST
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IND vs AUS 3rd Test, Toss Report: Saini And Pucvoski Given Debuts as Australia Opt to Bat First at SCG
India.com Sports Desk | January 7, 2021 4:45 AM IST
India, who had already announced their playing XI on Wednesday, have given debut to Navdeep Saini
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India vs Australia 3rd Test | Rohit Sharma Had Good Seven-Eight Sessions: Ajinkya Rahane
India.com Sports Desk | January 6, 2021 7:23 PM IST
The SCG wicket aids spinners and that's why Rahane doesn't want his team to take chances while
India vs Australia 3rd Test | Rohit Sharma Had Good Seven-Eight Sessions: Ajinkya Rahane
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India's Predicted XI For 3rd Test: Rohit Sharma Comeback to T. Natarajan Debut, Two Changes Likely For SCG Game
India.com Sports Desk | January 5, 2021 9:59 PM IST
India vs Australia, 3rd Test, Sydney: Two big changes on the cards.
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AUS vs IND: 'A Big Hundred on The Cards For Rohit Sharma', Says Batting Legend VVS Laxman
India.com Sports Desk | January 5, 2021 10:24 AM IST
India vs Australia 2021: VVS Laxman reckons Rohit Sharma's style of batting is well-suited for the
AUS vs IND: 'A Big Hundred on The Cards For Rohit Sharma', Says Batting Legend VVS Laxman
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Australia vs India 2021: Nathan Lyon Ponders Who Will be Dropped to Accommodate Rohit Sharma
India.com Sports Desk | January 4, 2021 1:11 PM IST
India Playing XI Sydney Test: There are a couple of obvious choices including opener Mayank Agarwal
Australia vs India 2021: Nathan Lyon Ponders Who Will be Dropped to Accommodate Rohit Sharma
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