The untold story of Rohit Sharma, the gem of an opener for the Indian cricket team

the Indian cricket team to shattering some international batting records, this 30-year-old from Nagpur, who once was not fortunate enough to be raised by his parents on account of his passion for the sport and the family's poverty, is now one of the top 100 celebrities of India, in terms of income, fame,Pitching in Rs 50 each, his uncles and their friends got Rohit to join a small cricket academy in the 1999. Rohit had to start his practice very early in the day. He was an off-spin bowler initially, until Dinesh Sad, the coach at the academy, made Rohit change his school and join Swami Vivekananda International School, keeping the better training facilities in mind. Rohit hesitated to join SVIS since it was an expensive affair. Dinesh however got him a scholarship for the next four years so that he could be have a hassle-free training. This was also when Dinesh recommended that Rohit start practising batting, recognising Rohit's mettle in that department.

With time, Rohit excelled at it, and started to put in exceptional performances with the bat at the school-level tournaments. It was his impressive performance at the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments that paved the way for his selection into the Mumbai Under-17 team. Before long, Rohit Sharma was included in the Indian Under-17 and Under-19 Indian teams. Finishing off as the leading run-scorer in the Under-19 tournament with some mighty knocks, there was no looking back for Rohit. In 2006, he made his domestic debut for India-A, which he followed up with an international debut in 2007, against New Zealand. He was only 20 years old at the time.

From starting as a steady middle-order batsman for India, Rohit is unarguably one of the most reliable match-winners for the national team right now. After the era of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Sourav Ganguly, Team India had found an apt replacement for the position of opener in Rohit Sharma. Rohit currently holds the record for being the highest run-scorer in an ODI innings, when he smashed a valiant 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014. Before this knock, he had one more ODI double hundred to his name, from when he made 209 runs against Australia in 2013. It was in this innings that Rohit hit 16 massive sixes, which is the most by a batsman in ODI cricket, alongside A.B. De Villiers from South Africa and Chris Gayle from the West Indies.His stint in the IPL began in 2008, with Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers, and he now leads the Mumbai Indians side, making him a part of three title-winning teams, once with the Deccan Chargers and twice with the Mumbai Indians.

From being someone who could not afford to get decent training to becoming one of the most valuable batsman the Indian team possesses, Rohit Sharma's sense of determination and his love for the sport in unparalleled, making him quite an inspiration for the cricketing faithful in the country.Sharma was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali because of his father’s low income. He has a younger brother, Vishal Sharma.

Rohit Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999 with his uncle’s money. His camp coach Dinesh Lad asked him to change the school to Swamy Vivekand International School.

Rohit started as of off-spinner and bat a bit. But, his coach found Rohit’s batting talent. So, he promoted him from eight to open the innings. Rohit scored century on his debut as opener.Performances for the India A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed, leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy. But, he didnt get a chance to play in the XI.

– Sharma made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in July 2006.

– Rohit Sharma made his ODI debut against Ireland in 2007 but he did not get a chance to bat in that match.

– In 2007 T20WC, he get a chance to bat against South Africa, then he score fifty in 40 balls. His knock helped India to qualify for semi-finals.

– In the final against Pakistan, he scored 30 off 16 balls.

– Rohit Sharma was signed up by the Deccan Chargers franchise for a sum of US$ 750,000 a year in 2008.