Rohit Sharma was born in Nagpur, Maharastra, to Purnima and Gurunath Sharma. Due to his family’s financial problems, Rohit was raised by his grandparents and uncles in Borivali and used to visit his family in Dombivli, Maharastra on weekends. It was his uncle who gave him financial support to attend a cricket camp in 1999, where he was spotted by coach Dinesh Lad and this changed Rohit’s life forever. It was Dinesh Lad who noticed Rohit’s talent on the field and later even gave Rohit a scholarship for better cricket coaching and training facilities. With hard work, grit and determination over the years, Rohit managed to make it into the Indian national cricket team and the rest, as they say, is history!

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