Published 17:47 IST, September 16th 2019

Rohit Sharma: The Indian Opener And His Bollywood Connection

Rohit Sharma, the Indian Cricket Team opener has many records under his belt. The hitman also has a Bollywood connection. Read to know more about his connection

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Rohit Sharma, Indian ODI vice-captain, is kwn for his power hitting and during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, he scored 648 runs in 9 games with an aver of 81. Hitting five centuries, he became first batsman in World Cup to achieve this feat in a single edition. Rohit just fell 27 runs short of becoming  highest scorer in a single edition of World Cup, a recrod held by Masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 673 runs. We kw cricket and Bollywood has a close connection, and to kw about Rohit Sharma's Bollywood connection, re below. 

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Rohit’s Bollywood Connection

Bunty Sachdeva, owner of Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment, has been kwn to handle professional engments of many celebrities, including sporting stars and Rohit Sharma is one of m, but Rohit’s case was personal.  cricketer got engd to Bunty’s cousin, Ritika Sajdeh, in a private ceremony in Mumbai. Bunty and Ritika are first cousins but she is just as close to him as his sibling, Seema Khan, who is married to Sohail Khan. So as Seema Khan and Ritika Sajdeh are cousins, Rohit has been connected to Salman Khan’s bror - Sohail Khan. When Rohit and Ritika became parents to a baby girl, it was Sohail Khan’s wife Seema who broke  news. 

Rohit Sharma

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Rohit and Ritika's love story is full of young romance, a long courtship period, followed by a fairytale proposal and star-studded wedding. y dated for six years before Rohit proposed to Ritika. y tied kt in December 2015, in a grand wedding at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. w y have a beautiful daughter named Samaira and  couple never fails to support each or, setting major couple goals. 

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Bollywood and Cricket Connection:

connection between Cricket and Bollywood was always re and mired. It has been increasing as both players and stars share platforms toger at many events. Relationships between cricketers and celebs are ored with likes of Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma, Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech, Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra, Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge making helines in recent years. 

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