Rohit Sharma nominated for the Arjuna Award
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Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the Arjuna Award, the decision of which was made by a 12-member committee meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. The star batsman is currently in Sri Lanka for the upcoming three-match Test series that is scheduled to start on Wednesday, August 12. According to a report by India Today, eminent sportspeople such as Jitu Rai (shooting), Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics), M.R. Poovamma (athletics), Sharath Gayakwad (para-swimming) are some of the other names that are likely to be nominated for the award. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the last cricketer to win the award, getting the award a year after Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the award in 2013.
Full name Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Born April 30, 1987, Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Current age 28 years 104 days
Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, India A, India Green,India Under-19s, Mumbai,Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI, Mumbai Indians,Mumbai Under-19s
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Rohit Sharma oozes batting talent: malleable wrists, knack to find the gaps, and the extra half a second when he plays his shots. However, for a player of his class, the first six years of his international career were frustrating for him, the team, and the spectators, as the odd delightful innings was followed and preceded by plenty of failures.
It all came together finally in 2013, when Rohit was promoted to open the innings in ODIs. The move turned out to be a masterstroke, as Rohit found form in the Champions Trophy, and then went into overdrive in the ODI series against Australia, scoring two centuries, including 209, only the third double in ODI cricket. That led to a place in the Test team, and Rohit responded by scoring centuries in his first two Test innings, becoming the fifth batsman to do so. A year later, he became the first batsman to hit two ODI double-hundreds, in an innings where he smashed the record for the highest score with 264 off 173 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens.
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