Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma :

      Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian International Cricketer. He is right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the captain of Mumbai Indian in the Indian Premier League.
     Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu speaking parents from Andhra Pradesh. He was born in a Brahmin family in Nagpur on April 30, 1987. His mother Purnima Sharma hails from Vizag, Sharma completed his primary education at Lady of Vailankanni high school, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer cap.
Having started his international playing career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to compliment his graceful stroke play.
         A batsman with a lot of time on his hands while playing his strokes, most observers also have a lot of time for Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma, for the elegance of his shot-making, the completeness of his technique and the sheer class he oozes with bat in hand. His international career got off to a promising start with some good knocks in the World T20 2007 and the CB Series of 2007-08 - both tournaments that India won. He also scored heavily in IPL 2008 for Deccan Chargers - who had paid a pricey $US750,000 for him.

         Rohit's success in the IPL 2011 helped him make a comeback into the ODI squad for the subsequent tour of West Indies and for a brief while, it looked like a turning point in his career. He hit 3 half centuries in 5 matches and was the Man of the Series. Despite the failures, the team management and the selectors backed Rohit and make him open the innings in an ODI in Mohali against England, and the right hander responded with a well made 83. The move to put Rohit at the top of the order has paid dividends - both from a personal point of view as well as from the team's perspective. He seems to have found a new lease of life and has also formed a robust opening combination with Shikhar Dhawan. He's called the 'Hitman'.
He finally made his Test debut against West Indies in the 1st Test at Eden Gardens in November, 2013.
There are two facts about Rohit Sharma that have never been in doubt. The first one is that he is one of the most talented young batsman that India has produced. Secondly, the talent is only coming through after a frustrating wait that lasted as many as seven years.