'I felt they will not let me live' - Rohit Sharma on why he had a secret dating life with Ritika

The lives of cricketers, especially in India are open. With the advent of social media, it is difficult for cricketers to keep their lives private. India’s batting mainstay, Rohit Sharma recently opened up on his dating time with his wife Ritika.

In a chat with Dinesh Karthik, the ‘Hitman’ stated that both Ritika and he never felt that they were dating each other. Sharma added that both he and his wife had a very straightforward relationship between them.

Stating that both he and his wife are close friends, the ‘Hitman’ revealed that his friends then started seeing something else apart from friendship in their relationship.

“We actually never felt like that. We were working together. She is still my manager and she was my manager back then as well. We had a straightforward working relationship and after working hours, we were really close friends. I don’t care about what people think, my close friends said that they see something in this relationship,” said Rohit Sharma in a chat with Dinesh Karthik that was premiered on the YouTube channel of Sky Sports.

It was just friendship and caring about each other: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma further added that both he and Ritika cared about each other, and what his friends had thought about his relationship with Ritika proved to be right later on. Adding that he initially did not know how to inform his friends that he was dating Ritika, Sharma concluded by stating that if he conveys the news to his friends, they will not allow him to live peacefully.

“It was just friendship and caring about each other. But, it later turned out that all my friends were right. I didn’t know how to inform my friends about it. When we started dating officially, I started thinking on how to convey it to my friends. I felt like these guys will not let me live,” concluded Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma has played 40 Test matches, 227 ODIs, and 111 T20Is for India. While he has scored 2727 runs in Test cricket, he has plundered 9205 runs in the ODI format of the game. In T20I cricket, the ‘Hitman’ has scored 2864 runs.