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ROHIT SHARMA

Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian cricketer who is well-known for his deft batting and clever captaincy and is even a right-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. The present captain of the Indian international cricket team Rohit Gurunath Sharma was born on 30 April 1987, in Nagpur, Maharashtra. He is a 5 ft 9 in tall batsman and is also popularly named as hitman by his fans.

Rohit Sharma Biography
Name – Rohit Sharma
Born - Apr 30, 1987
Birthplace -- Nagpur, Maharashtra
Height -- 5 ft 9 in
Role – Batsman
Batting Style -- Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style -- Right-arm off break
Spouse -- Ritika Sajdeh
Children -- Samaira
Zodiac Sign -- Aries
Nationality -- Indian

Career

Rohit Sharma joined the Indian national cricket team in 2007 and showed early signs of his extraordinary skill. His ODI debut was on 23^rd of June 2007. He debuted in test matches on 6^th November 2013 where India played against West Indies.

He showed up in cricket World Cup first time in 2015 and played in eight matches for the team in the same tournament in Australia.

He was appointed as the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team on 15^th April 2019 for the World Cup match which took place in the same year. He scored 122 runs in the opening match of the Indian cricket team against South Africa. Then he followed it up with centuries against Pakistan, England and Bangladesh and he equalled Tendulkar's record for the most hundreds (6) in all World Cup matches by hitting yet another century in the match against Sri Lanka, making history as the first batter to achieve five centuries in a single World Cup campaign. Sharma became the third Indian player to win the ICC Golden Bat award after finishing as the tournament's top run scorer with 648 runs.

Captaincy
In February 2022, Rohit Sharma was appointed as the captain of the Indian Cricket Team across all formats.
Personal Life
Rohit Sharma married his long-time girlfriend Ritika Sajdeh on 13th December 2015.
The couple first met in 2008.
They have a daughter, Samaira Sharma, born on 30th December 2018.
Rankings and Recognition
National Awards
2015 – Arjuna Award (India's second-highest sporting honor).
2020 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (India's highest sporting honor).
Sporting Honours
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2019
ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year: 2014 (12th man), 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 (C)
ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year: 2021
ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year: 2022
Fastest Century in T20I Cricket by an Indian: 35 balls (vs Sri Lanka, 2017)
Only Batsman with Three Double Centuries in ODIs: 209, 264, 208*
Most Runs in a Single ICC ODI World Cup Edition: 648 runs (2019)
Most Centuries in a Single ODI World Cup: 5 (2019)
IPL Titles as Captain: 5 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
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