We all are a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar who is considered as the ‘God of Cricket’ who is truly an inspiration among others. But forget not to mention, other than him people are also a die-hard fan of Rohit Sharma who is also popularly known as the Hit Man of our Indian Cricket Team. Star Cricketer, Rohit Sharma is celebrating his 32nd birthday today.
Born on April 30, 1987, he is the only batsman in the world to reach the 200 marks in ODIs thrice till now. He is the only man to score the highest individual runs of 264 in ODI against Sri Lanka in the year 2014. He is quite a charming and handsome cricketer who is married to his long-time friend, Ritika Sajdeh.
They also are a proud parent of a little baby girl, Samaira Sharma. After becoming a parent, this is his first birthday with her little Samaira. In this article, we will let you through some of the lesser-known facts about Rohit Sharma about which you would not have been familiar until now.
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1. He is really good at speaking Telugu
Yes, your favourite star cricketer, Rohit Sharma can speak Telugu also. Her mother is from Vizag and this is the reason why he knows this language. He only told that he can’t speak very fluently but he is familiar with few sentences like “Etla Unaru” (translation: How are you) in Telugu.
2. Interesting story behind his jersey number ‘45’
Do you know that his mother has suggested him the jersey number 45 when he was playing for India in Under-19 World Cup in 2006? During the finale, he was asked to choose the jersey number, though we wish to choose jersey number 19 it was not available at that time so he took his mother’s help who chose the number 45.
3. Who gave him the nickname “HITMAN”?
He got this name from one of his friend in the production team during the match in Bengaluru when he scored a double hundred against Australia. He has other names as well like ‘RO’ by his wife and ‘Shaana’ by Yuvraj Singh.
4. He supported his family well when his father lost his job
When his father, Gurunath Sharma has lost his job in a transport company, he took the responsibility of the entire family at a very young age. He used to play for Indian Oil and Ranji matches during that time.
5. His mother never wanted to see him as a cricketer
Rohit’s mother didn’t want to see him as a cricketer as she wanted him to get a reputed job. But, Rohit didn’t listen to anyone and he decided to continue with his passion and today everyone knows him.
6. He never wanted to be a batsman
Like many cricketers, he also never wanted to be a batsman. He began his career as an off-spinner. But Dinesh Lad, his coach, who is the father of Mumbai batsman Sidhesh Lad noticed his potential with the bat and transformed him into a batsman.
7. He is a big egg lover, despite being a vegetarian
Rohit is a big fan of eggs, but he consumes them outside his house only as he is a vegetarian. Do you know once, Rohit Sharma challenged his friend to eat 50 eggs without a break. How crazy right?