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| Full name | Rohit Gurunath Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (age 38) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 280) | 6 November 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 December 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 168) | 23 June 2007 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 October 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 45 (formerly 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 17) | 19 September 2007 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 June 2024 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–present | Mumbai Indians(squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indianinternational cricketer and the formercaptain of theIndian national cricket team. He is a right-handedbatsman who plays forMumbai Indians inIndian Premier League and forMumbai in domestic cricket. In the year 2024 and 2025 he announced his retirement from T20Is and Test Cricket.[3][4] He was also a member of the teams that won the2007 T20 World Cup, the2013 ICC Champions Trophy and was the winning captain of the2024 Men's T20 World Cup and2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
Sharma holds several batting records which include most runs inT20 Internationals, most sixes in international cricket,[a] most double centuries inODI cricket (3), most centuries atCricket World Cups (7) and joint most hundreds inTwenty20 Internationals (5).[6] He also holds the world record for the highest individual score (264) in aOne Day International (ODI) and also holds the record for scoring most hundreds (five) in a singleCricket World Cup, for which he won theICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2019.[7] He is the first and only captain to lead a team in all[b] ICC tournament finals.[8]
He formerly captainedMumbai Indians and the team has won fiveIndian Premier League titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 under him, making him the most successful captain inIPL history, sharing this record withMS Dhoni. He is also one of two players who have played in every edition of theT20 World Cup, from theinaugural edition in 2007 to the latest one in 2024.[c] He is the only Indian player to win twoT20 World Cups. He became the second Indian captain to win aT20 World Cup.
He has received two national honours, theArjuna Award in 2015 and the prestigiousKhel Ratna Award in 2020 by theGovernment of India. Under his captaincy, India won the2018 Asia Cup and the2023 Asia Cup, the seventh and eighth time the country won the title, both in ODI format as well as the2018 Nidahas Trophy, their second overall and first in T20I format.
Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 into aMarathi-Telugu family in Bansod,Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.[9][10][11] His mother, Purnima Sharma, is fromVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.[12] His father, Gurunath Sharma, worked as a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. Sharma was raised by his grandparents and uncles inBorivali because of his father's low income. He would visit his parents, who lived in a single-room house inDombivli, only during weekends.[13] He has a younger brother, Vishal Sharma.[14]
Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999 with his uncle's money. Dinesh Lad, his coach at the camp, asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School, where Lad was the coach and the cricket facilities were better than those at Sharma's old school. Sharma recollects, "I told him I couldn't afford it, but he got me a scholarship. So for four years I didn't pay a penny, and did well in my cricket".[14] Sharma started as anoff-spinner who could bat a bit before Lad noticed his batting ability and promoted him from number eight toopen the innings. He excelled in the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournaments, scoring acentury on debut as an opener.[15]
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Sharma married his longtime girlfriend, Ritika Sajdeh on 13 December 2015 whom he first met in 2008. They welcomed their first child, a daughter born on 30 December 2018.[16] Their second child, a son, was born on 15 November 2024. Sharma is a practitioner of the meditation techniqueSahaj Marg.[17][18][19]
He practices aneggetarian diet.[20]
Sharma has been sponsored by several brands includingCEAT and theSwiss watchmakerHublot.[21][22] In his career, Sharma has endorsed many other brands includingMaggi,Glow & Lovely,Lay's,Nissan, energy drinkRelentless, Nasivionnasal spray,Aristocrat byVIP Industries,Adidas andOppo mobiles.[23]
Sharma made hisList A debut forWest Zone againstCentral Zone in theDeodhar Trophy atGwalior in March 2005. Batting at number eight, he scored 31not out as West Zone won by 3 wickets with 24 balls remaining.Cheteshwar Pujara andRavindra Jadeja made their debuts in the same match.[24] It was Sharma's unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls againstNorth Zone at the Maharanna Bhupal College Ground inUdaipur in the same tournament that brought him into the limelight.[25] He visitedAbu Dhabi and Australia with the India A squad and was then included among India's 30-member probable's list for the upcomingICC Champions Trophy tournament, although he did not make the final squad.[26]
Sharma made hisfirst-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006. He scored 57 and 22 as India won by 3 wickets.[27] He made hisRanji Trophy debut forMumbai in the 2006–07 season and scored 205 off 267 balls againstGujarat.[28] Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a half-century (57) in his second innings in the final againstBengal.[29]
Sharma has spent his entire domestic first-class career at Mumbai. In December 2009, he made his highest career score of 309 not out in the Ranji Trophy againstGujarat.[30] In October 2013, upon the retirement ofAjit Agarkar, he was appointedteam captain ahead of the 2013–14 season.[31]
| Opponent | Test | ODI | T20I | Total |
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 Afghanistan | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Australia | 1 | 9 | – | 10 |
 Bangladesh | – | 3 | – | 3 |
 England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
 New Zealand | – | 2 | – | 2 |
 Pakistan | – | 2 | – | 2 |
 South Africa | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
 Sri Lanka | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
 West Indies | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
 Zimbabwe | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 33 | 5 | 50 |
In November 2013, duringSachin Tendulkar's farewell series, Sharma made hisTest debut atEden Gardens in Kolkata againstWest Indies and scored 177, the second-highest individual score on debut by an Indian toShikhar Dhawan (187).[32] He followed it up with 111 (not out) in the second Test at his home ground, theWankhede Stadium in Mumbai.[33]
Having been out of the Test team since 2017–18, Sharma went on the2018–19 tour of Australia after he had earned a recall earlier. Chief selectorM. S. K. Prasad said the reason for his recall was that his natural game suited the bouncy Australian pitches.[34] Sharma played in the first Test in Adelaide, scoring 37 and 1 in an Indian victory.[35][36] During the first Test, he sustained a minor injury which saw him miss the second Test inPerth.[37] He recovered for theBoxing Day third Test atMelbourne and scored 63 (not out) to help India total 443/7 and win both the Test and the series.[38] After the third Test, Sharma had to return to India for the birth of his daughter.[39]
In October 2019, in the third Testagainst South Africa, Sharma scored his 2,000thrun and his first double century in Tests. He made 212 in the first innings of the match.[40][41] Sharma was named as vice-captain of India's Test team during thetour of Australia in 2020, replacingCheteshwar Pujara.[42][43][44]
He had a successfulhome series against England in 2021. Instrumental in his team's comeback after a defeat in the first Test at Chennai, he scored a century, one thatThe Guardian termed "deserves to be considered one of the greatest this century."[45] He put on 167 runs withAjinkya Rahane for the fourth wicket while making 161 runs in an innings that included 18fours and twosixes.[46] India went on to win the Test by 317 runs.[47] He top-scored for his side in both innings of the low-scoring third Test inAhmedabad with scores of 66 and 25 contributing to his team's win.[48] Sharma finished the series aggregating 345 runs, the most for India, at an average of 58.[45] He went on to score his first overseas Test century on 4 September 2021 with an innings of 127 against England atThe Oval, also reaching the milestone of 3,000 runs in Test cricket.[49]
Later, he was appointed as the captain of India's Test team in February 2022, succeedingVirat Kohli, ahead of a two-match series againstSri Lanka.[50]Sunil Gavaskar praised his leadership andChetan Sharma, India's chairman of selectors, said: "We will groom future captains under him".[51]
He had a poor run of form with the bat in the 2024–25 season. His captaincy also came under criticism followingthe 0–3 home series defeat to New Zealand, India's first Test series loss at home in 12 years,[52] andthe 1–3 away loss to Australia that followed. In his eight final Tests, he managed to score just one half-century and averaged 10.93. On 7 May 2025, ahead ofIndia's England tour, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. He finished his Test career having played 61 Tests and making 4,301 runs at 40.57. In the 24 Tests he captained, India won 12, losing nine and drawing 3.[53][54][55]
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In March 2015, Sharma made his first appearance in theCricket World Cup and played in eight matches for India in the2015 tournament in Australia. India reached the semi-final stage where they were defeated byAustralia. Sharma scored 330 runs in the tournament with one century, a score of 137 in the quarter-final againstBangladesh.[56]
On 15 April 2019, Sharma was appointed vice-captain ofIndia's squad for the2019 World Cup in England.[57] In the opening match againstSouth Africa, he scored 122, including his 12,000th run in international cricket.[58][59] He followed it up with centuries against Pakistan, England and Bangladesh. In the match against Sri Lanka, hitting yet another century, he became the first batsman to score five centuries in a single World Cup tournament,[60] and equalled Tendulkar's record for the most centuries (6) in all World Cup matches.[61] Sharma totalled 648 runs in the tournament to finish as the leading run-scorer and win the ICC'sGolden Bat award, the third Indian player to do so.[62]
On 8 October 2023, during the ICC Cricket World Cup, Sharma was entrusted with the captaincy responsibilities for the Indian team in a match against Australia. This significant moment marked the first time he captained the Indian side in theCricket World Cup. What set this particular event apart was that at that time, he had become the oldest player to lead the Indian team in the tournament,[63] showcasing his maturity and experience as a cricketer.
On 11 October 2023, during a match againstAfghanistan in theCricket World Cup 2023, Sharma achieved a milestone by surpassing theSachin Tendulkar's record for the most centuries in World Cup history. With a display of batting prowess, Sharma notched his seventh century, breaking the record in this World Cup encounter.[64]
Sharma made his full international debut in a one-day match againstIreland in Belfast on 23 June 2007. This was part of the2007 Future Cup competition which also involvedSouth Africa. He was number seven in the batting order but did not bat as India won the game by 9 wickets.[65]
He scored his maiden ODI half-century (52) against Pakistan at Jaipur on 18 November 2007 and was selected for the Indian squad going to the2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia.[66][67] In that series, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties, including 66 in the first final at Sydney when he partneredSachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful run chase.[68][69] After that, however, his ODI performances suffered a downturn and he lost his middle-order position toSuresh Raina. Later,Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman. In December 2009, following his triple century in the Ranji Trophy, he was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar opted to rest in the series.[70]
He scored his maiden ODI century (114) againstZimbabwe on 28 May 2010 and followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series againstSri Lanka on 30 May 2010 by scoring 101 not out.[71][72] He had a run of poor form in South Africa just before the2011 World Cup and as a consequence he was left out of India's squad for the tournament.[73]
Sharma was recalled to the limited-overs squad for thetour of the West Indies in June and July 2011.[74] In the first match atQueen's Park Oval, he scored 68 (not out) from 75 balls with three fours and a six. In the third match at theSir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, he scored a match-winning 86 off 91 balls after India had been reduced to 92 for 6.[75]
He had a disastrous loss of form in 2012 and scored only 168 runs in the whole calendar year at the very low average of 12.92 with just a single half-century. Even so, his captainMahendra Singh Dhoni showed faith in him, and his career was revived in 2013. Dhoni decided to move him up the batting order to open the innings withShikhar Dhawan in the2013 ICC Champions Trophy. The pairing was a success and India won the competition, defeating hostsEngland in the final.[citation needed]
His good form continued and,later in the year against Australia, he scored 141 (not out) in Jaipur. He followed that with 209 off 158 balls in Bangalore and established a then-world record for the most sixes (16) in a one-day international innings (since beaten byEoin Morgan of England with 17).[76] On 13 November 2014, playing against Sri Lanka atEden Gardens in Kolkata, Sharma broke the world record for the highest score in a one-day international innings with 264 from 173 deliveries.[77][78]
In December 2017, India's captain Virat Kohli was rested for theseries against Sri Lanka, in preparation forIndia's tour to South Africa, which began in the first week of January 2018. In his place, Sharma was appointed team captain and India under his leadership won the series 2–1, their eighth consecutive series win sincedefeating Zimbabwe in June 2016.[79][80] Sharma also hit his third ODI double-century in this series, scoring 208 (not out) to extend his record of most ODI double-centuries by a player.[81]
In September 2018, in the absence of many top players including regular captainVirat Kohli, Sharma led India to win the2018 Asia Cup, where they defeatedBangladesh in the final.[82]
On 12 January 2019, in the opening match against Australia at theSydney Cricket Ground, Sharma scored 133 but it was in vain as India lost by 34 runs. It was his 22nd century in one-day internationals.[83] At Delhi on 13 March 2019, in the fifth and final match of a home series against Australia, Sharma scored 56 including his 8,000th run in one-day internationals. It was his 200th innings.[84] In 2019, he scored the most runs in ODIs by any batsman, with 1,490 runs in the calendar year, including 7 centuries.[85]
In November 2020, Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.[86][87]
In July 2022, Sharma became the first Indian captain to lead their team to both T20I and ODI series wins in England. He became the 3rd Indian captain to win an ODI series in England, and the first since 2014.[88]
In February 2025, at the ICC Champions Trophy, in a group game against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma became the 2nd fastest player to score 11,000 runs in ODI Cricket. He achieved this feat in 261 innings, behind onlyVirat Kohli who achieved it in 222 innings.[89]
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Sharma was included in the Indian squad for the2007 ICC World Twenty20 and made his mark by scoring an unbeaten 50 from 40 deliveries against hosts South Africa in a must win Super Eight match. This enabled India to win the match by 37 runs and they went on to defeat Pakistan in the final, when Sharma scored 30 (not out) from 16 deliveries.[90][91]
On 2 October 2015, during theSouth African tour of India, Sharma scored 106 in the first Twenty20 international atHPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. With that, he became the second Indian cricketer to have scored centuries in all three formats of international cricket.[92]
In December 2017, in a series against Sri Lanka, Sharma scored the joint-fastest T20I century, in 35 balls, ending with 118 from 43 deliveries, equaling the record ofDavid Miller. This was also his second century in Twenty20 internationals.[93]
On 8 July 2018, during aseries in England, Sharma became the second Indian batsman, after Virat Kohli, to score 2,000 runs in a Twenty20 international career.[94] He was the fifth batsman worldwide to achieve the feat; the others besides Kohli wereBrendon McCullum,Martin Guptill andShoaib Malik.[95] He also scored his third T20I century during this series, equaling the then-record for most T20I centuries, held byColin Munro.[96]
In March 2018, he led Team India to win theNidahas Trophy under his captaincy.[82] In November 2018, in aseries against West Indies, he scored his fourth T20I century, creating a new record for the most centuries by a player in T20I cricket.[97]
In November 2019, in the opening match of the seriesagainst Bangladesh, Sharma became themost-capped cricketer for India in T20Is, playing in his 99th match.[98] In the next match of the series, he became the first male cricketer for Indiato play in 100 T20Is.[99]
In November 2020, Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.[86][87]
In July 2022, Sharma became the first captain in T20I history to lead their team to 14 consecutive victories.[88]
With his participation in the2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, Sharma became the only Indian cricketer to have played in every edition of the tournament since its inception in 2007.[100]
On 27 October 2022, Sharma broke the record for most sixes by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups, previously held byYuvraj Singh, hitting his 34th six againstNetherlands atSydney Cricket Ground.[101][102]
In May 2024, he was named as a captain in India's squad for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[103] In June 2024, during a match against Ireland, he achieved the milestone of hitting 600 sixes in international cricket across all formats.[104] On 29 June 2024, Sharma led India to win the 2024 T20 World Cup after defeating South Africa in the final.[105] In the post-match press conference after the T20 World Cup victory, Sharma declared his retirement from T20Is, while confirming that he would continue to represent India in ODIs and Test match formats.[4]
Rohit Sharma joined theIndian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 when he was signed by theDeccan Chargers franchise, based inHyderabad, for the sum of US$750,000 a year.[106] In 2009, he won the IPL for the first time as the vice-captain of the team. In the 2011 auction, he was sold for US$2 million to the Mumbai Indians.[107] He scored his maiden IPL century in the2012 season with 109* off 60 balls against theKolkata Knight Riders.[108] In the2015 season, he missed his century falling short by just two runs, scoring 98* off 65 balls in the first match of the season againstKolkata Knight Riders but it went in vain as it came in a losing cause.[109] Again in the2018 season, he missed his century, scoring 94 off 52 balls againstRoyal Challengers Bangalore coming in a 46-run win.[110] Then he scored his second IPL century in2024 tournament with 105* off 63 balls against the arch-rivalsChennai Super Kings but this came in a losing cause, this was his 1st century after 12 long years.[111]
Under his leadership, Mumbai has won the IPL in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020; they also won the formerChampions League Twenty20 competition in 2013.[112]
Sharma has been one of the most successful players in the IPL as captain since 2013 of theMumbai Indians, who have won the tournament five times under his leadership.[112][113] He led Mumbai Indians in 158 matches securing 87 victories, making him the second-most successful captain in IPL history surpassed only byMS Dhoni with 136 victories.[114] He is one of seven players who have scored 5,000 career runs in the competition. He has scored 7,046 runs with 2 centuries and 47 half centuries and is the second-highest run scorer afterVirat Kohli (8,661).[115] In 2024, Sharma was sacked as the captain, in favour ofHardik Pandya, their new buy.[116] This sparked massive controversy among the fans and many were disappointed that Sharma was not put back as captain.
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Sharma is an aggressive batsman but plays with style and elegance.[117] He is usually an opening batsman in limited overs cricket, but has played most of his Test cricket as a middle-order batsman.[118] Inlimited overs cricket, Sharma is widely recognised as one of the format's most outstanding batsmen.[119][120] And for his attacking batting and six hitting abilities he often referred as Hitman.[121]
Sunil Gavaskar considers Sharma to have a batting style similar to those ofVirender Sehwag andViv Richards. In his column forThe Times of India in November 2018, Gavaskar said:[122]
The standout performer in both the limited overs series and the T20 series has been Rohit Sharma. Like Virender Sehwag before him, he is unstoppable once he gets going and like Viru he has an appetite for big hundreds. When Viru used to get out looking to hit another delivery out of the park, there used to be consternation around the ground, just like it is when Rohit gets out to a seemingly casual shot. If Rohit can turn his white ball exploits into red ball cricket, he will be the most destructive batsman in the world after Viv Richards and Virender Sehwag.
While Sharma is not a regular bowler, he can bowl right-armoff spin.[11] He usually fields in theslips and has said this is a part of his game which he works very hard on for improvement.[123]
Sharma scored the highest-ever individual score in a One Day International match, with a 264 against Sri Lanka at theEden Gardens, Kolkata on 13 November 2014.[11] He is the only player to have scored three double-centuries in ODIs.[124] In January 2020, Sharma was named as the ODI Player of the Year by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).[125] In2019, Sharma became the only batsman to scored five centuries in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup.[126]
On 5 October 2019, during a Test match againstSouth Africa, Sharma became the first batsman to score two centuries in a match on his first appearance as an opening batsman.[127] In the same series, he brokeShimron Hetmyer's record for the highest number ofsixes in a Test series.[128]
On 11 October 2023, Sharma achieved a historic feat during the2023 Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan team, when he surpassed the record previously held byChris Gayle for the most international sixes (553).[129][130]
On 14 October 2023, Sharma achieved another milestone by becoming the first Indian to complete 300 sixes in the 50-overs format.[131] This feat occurred during an India-Pakistan match atNarendra Modi Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 fans.[132]
During a 22 October 2023 match againstNew Zealand, Sharma became the first Indian batter to hit 50One Day International (ODI) sixes in a calendar year.[133]
On 2 August 2024, Sharma surpassedEoin Morgan to have hit most sixes in international cricket as captain.[134]
Sharma's 19Player of the Match awards is the highest by an Indian in IPL history.[135]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2024 | The Great Indian Kapil Show | Guest/Himself | Talk show onNetflix | [136][137] |
The Rohit Sharma Cricket Academy, established in Dubai in September 2024 under the "CricKingdom by Rohit Sharma"[138] brand and operated by franchise partner Grasport, ceased operations abruptly in May 2025 after approximately ten months.[139] The academy enrolled around 35 families who prepaid for advanced cricket training but experienced significant operational difficulties, including mismanagement and financial instability.[140] Training sessions became irregular, coaches went unpaid for extended periods, and communication with stakeholders diminished, leading to the suspension of all activities in mid-May 2025.[141] In response, CricKingdom terminated its agreement with Grasport and announced plans to independently relaunch the academy by September 2025.[142]
In June 2025, Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma made a strategic investment in Prozo,[143] a supply chain firm specializing in supporting India’s new-age commerce sector. The exact amount of Sharma’s investment was not disclosed. Since its founding in 2016, Prozo has raised a total of $20 million from investors including Sixth Sense Ventures and Jafco Asia, operating 42 tech-enabled warehouses across more than 2.2 million square feet and serving over 24,000 pin codes, with a revenue run-rate of ₹250 crore.[144]
Sharma engages in numerous philanthropic activities, promoting various causes such asanimal welfare, health, and children.[145] He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and has supported various initiatives and organisations to promote the cause.[146]
In February 2015, Sharma joinedPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to support sterilisation of homeless cats and dogs. When supporting the cause Sharma said, "Sterilisation is important because I feel that if we can stop (the homeless-animal crisis), there will be control of population among the street dogs".[147]
In September 2015, along with Hollywood actorsMatt LeBlanc andSalma Hayek, Sharma joined an anti-poaching campaign in Kenya to save the wild animals of Africa including the last survivingnorthern white rhinoceros. When joining the campaign Sharma said, "I have been a member of PETA and when I was informed about the cause, I thought it is my duty to join the anti-poaching drive. That's what got me to Nairobi. I was fascinated to have a look atSudan (the last northern white rhino) and the sniffer dogs who catch hold of the poachers".[148]
In November 2017, Sharma in a video on social media said that he had agreed with an online store to merchandise mobile phone covers and other items that would use his name and ODI jersey no. 45. Sharma also told his Twitter followers: "All proceeds from your purchases would go to an animal charity of my choice".[149]
In 2018 on "World Rhino Day", Sharma was announced as theWWF-India Rhino Ambassador. Ravi Singh, the CEO and Secretary General of WWF-India, said "We welcome Rohit into the WWF family". After taking a pledge for the cause of rhino conservation, Sharma said, "My love for rhinos sparked when I first heard about Sudan, the last male northern white African rhino who died this year thus leading to the inevitable extinction of the entire species and that broke my heart. As the world and I mourned for my fallen friend Sudan, I researched the best way for me to help prevent something like this happening and the best way I know how is to create awareness. After getting in touch with WWF I learnt that 82% of the world's rhinos reside in India and I am honoured to be WWF-India's rhino ambassador to spread awareness and do my bit to contribute to the protection and survival of the rhino and help make this world a better place for them."[150]
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