Friday, November 28, 2025

What are some interesting facts about Rohit Sharma?

 1. Rohit Sharma has also got a hat-trick in IPL that too against Mumbai Indians.

2. His coach Dinesh Lad, the father of Mumbai teammate Sidhesh Lad, understood Rohit’s potential as a cricketer and made him a batsman. Rohit had started as an off-spinner.

3. He once bunked school to meet his batting idol, Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag.

4. Virat Kohli revealed that among the Indian Cricket team members, Rohit is the one who loves to sleep a lot.

5. Rohit Sharma was suggested to wear jersey number 9. However, he didn’t want a single digit number before his mother picked the number 45 for him when he was playing for India U-19 in the 2006 World Cup. Moreover, 4 and 5 add up to 9 and so Rohit gladly accepted the number.

6. Between his second and third ODI hundred, there was a gap of 3 years 4 months and 17 days. List of international cricket centuries by Rohit Sharma - Wikipedia