Rohit Sharma is the beholder of an emphatic record in international cricket. That much we know. It’s highly visible and easily gettable when you see a record composed of over 12,000 one day runs, over 4,300
Test runs besides 4200 runs in the shortest international format in which he struck 5 centuries.
Yet, the greatness of the man doesn’t stem from the huge volume of runs he’s scored in an India jersey, a jersey wearing which he took the country to a World Cup title in the shortest format in 2024, and a lovely win in the Champion’s Trophy in 2025. It comes from the fact that he made run scoring look ridiculously easy and bowlers remarkably mediocre on most days.
Whether it’s his successes, both as captain or purely as batter for Team India, or the fact that he rallied and still rallies around the rest of his team when needed, Rohit Sharma is a legend who’s well liked besides being respected.
Rohit Sharma said, “my mother picked the No. 45 for me. She told me, ‘Play with No.9, it will be lucky for you’. But No.9 was already taken, and I didn’t want to play with number 27. I really liked 4 and 5 next to each other. So I also told my mother that 4 and 5 looked much better together. Then I said, ‘Mom, I’ll take this number. It also adds up to 9, and 4 and 5 will look really good on the jersey as well”.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 30, 2026
But a question that may well have irked many fans or supporters of his may have been the following:
Why is the gutsy and experienced right hander’s jersey number 45? What’s the story?
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To that, the highly successful cricketer known for his simple ways of being offered an answer most recently:
“My mother picked the No. 45 for me. She told me, ‘Play with No.9, it will be lucky for you’. But No.9 was already taken, and I didn’t want to play with number 27. I really liked 4 and 5 next to each other. So I also told my mother that 4 and 5 looked much better together. Then I said, ‘Mom, I’ll take this number. It also adds up to 9, and 4 and 5 will look really good on the jersey as well”.
