New Delhi: Rohit Sharma, the opener of the Indian cricket team and known as 'Hitman' in the cricket world, is completing his 36 years today. Rohit was born on 30 April 1987 in Nagpur (Maharashtra). His father's name is Gurunath Sharma and mother's name is Purnima Sharma. Rohit is considered one of the most successful batsman of India in the cricket world. He has made many records in the cricket world. But today, on the special occasion of his birthday, we are going to tell you some such things related to him, which you might not know about.
Rohit Sharma is the only batsman in world cricket who has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs at international level.
He also holds the record for the highest individual score in ODIs in world cricket. He has scored the highest 264 runs in an ODI innings.
You all must know that Rohit has knowledge of Hindi and English language, but you might not be aware that Rohit has knowledge of Telugu language as well.
Rohit's mother-in-law Poornima Sharma is a resident of Visakhapatnam, and for this reason she knows Telugu very well.
Rohit Sharma is India's most famous batsman today, but he started his cricket career as a bowler.
- 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar honored Rohit Sharma with the Junior Cricketer Award in the year 2003-04.
While Hitman has 3 double centuries in ODIs, he is the first Indian batsman to score a century in international T20 cricket.
Rohit has two centuries in International T20. He is the first Indian batsman to do this feat.
When Rohit was a junior cricketer, he ran away from school to meet Virender Sehwag. But then he also saw the time when he played cricket with Virender Sehwag for many years.
Rohit Sharma is considered to be the most successful captain in IPL history, he has made Mumbai Indians the winner of IPL thrice under his captaincy.
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