Rohit Sharma Family

 Rohit Sharma is an Indian cricketer who has represented Team India in all the three formats. He is also the current captain of India's Test and ODI teams and led the T20I team as well.

In domestic cricket, Rohit represents Mumbai while in Indian Premier League (IPL), he plays for Mumbai Indians.

Following the retirement of stalwarts such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and other greats, Rohit has been one of Indian cricket's flag bearers in the last one decade or so.

After scoring heavily across formats for almost a decade, Rohit took charge of India's white-ball teams in 2021 before being appointed as the Test captain in 2022.

Under his captaincy, India reached the final of the ODI World Cup and the World Test championship in 2023 in addition to winning the Asia Cup.

In 2024, Rohit led Team India to their second T20 World Cup title and first since 2007. Soon after the win in the World Cup, Rohit also announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game.

While Rohit is one of the most popular cricketers in the world, it won't be wrong to say that his family life is still a secret for many.

So, in this article, we will be taking a look at Rohit Sharma's family members and some unknown Rohit Sharma’s family details. Rohit Sharma’s family members’ names are already given above in the table.

Rohit Sharma’s Father and mother:

Rohit Sharma's parents’ names are Gurunath Sharma and Purnima Sharma. Rohit was born to Gurunath and Purnima on April 30, 1987, in Nagpur.

Gurunath was a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse. Rohit's family struggled financially and used to live in a single-room house in the Dombivali area.

Rohit was just over a year old when his father had shifted to Dombivali. As the Sharma family was struggling financially, Rohit lived with his grandfather and uncles. He visited his parents' house during the weekends.

While Rohit's father was from Nagpur, his mother Purnima is from Visakhapatnam. Purnima is a homemaker. She also told Rohit to pick the number 45 as his jersey number.

Rohit Sharma’s Brother:

Rohit Sharma has a sibling as well, a younger brother Vishal Sharma. Vishal used to work in the hospitality sector but left his job on Rohit's insistence and has been involved in managing the India cricket star's cricket academies in Singapore and India. Talking about Vishal's personal life, he tied the knot with Dipali Shinde on May 24, 2017.

Rohit Sharma's Wife:

Rohit Sharma’s wife name is Ritika Sajdeh. They first met each other in 2008 when Ritika had just started working in her cousin Bunty Sajdeh’s company Cornerstone. The professional relationship between Rohit and Ritika turned into friendship before they eventually fell in love with each other. They dated for more than 5 years before deciding to get married in 2016.

In 2017, a beautiful moment was witnessed when Rohit smashed a world-record third double-century in ODIs. It was his second wedding anniversary and Rohit celebrated the feat by kissing his wedding ring. Ritika was in the stands to watch the game and was all teared up as Rohit dedicated the knock to her.

Rohit Sharma’s Daughter:

In 2018, Rohit and Ritika welcomed their first child, daughter Samaira. Rohit was on a flight to Sydney with the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia when Ritika gave birth. Rohit left the tour before the fourth Test to return to Mumbai and be with his wife.

In 2022, Rohit and Ritika grandly celebrated Samaira's birthday. Apart from the usual celebration, the couple had also set up a mini amusement park for the birthday girl. The park was filled with several rides and also had a Disney-like castle that had 'Samaira turns 4' written on it.