Rohit Sharma is taking the World Cup 2019 by storm and his form is beyond amazing. Let's know a few interesting facts about our favorite Indian cricketer.

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Rohit Sharma's father Gurunath Sharma used to work for a transport company earlier but one fine day he lost his job. Being the elder son of the house , it was obvious that the responsibility of managing the house fell on Rohit's shoulder. Even then he played local tournaments and gathered cash for running the house. Salute to this man.

credit: wikipedia2. Rohit used to love sports and cricket since his childhood days and this is exactly why his mother Poornima Sharma did not like his playing cricket as it took away his focus from studies. But now she feels proud of him and supports him completely.

3. Because of his surname "Sharma" many people don't know that he was born in Andhra Pradesh and his mother tongue is Telugu. His mother is from Vishakapatnam and he speaks fluently in Telugu.

4. Rohit is the only cricketer who has hit a double century in one day match. This is really commendable because doing so in a one day match is almost next to impossible.

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5. Rohit Sharma studied in Mumbai at a Borivali school named Vivekananda International School and for the first time in his lifetime he proposed a girl when he was in the 11th Standard and that relationship lasted for over 2 years before the girl broke it off.

6. Rohit is the only cricketer to hit 150 plus runs in more than 7 ODIs and because of this he broke cricketing god Sachin Tendulkar and David Warner's record too.

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