{
  "id": 661269,
  "title": "Rohit Sharma's Bollywood connection: John Abraham reveals surprise cricket link to former India captain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/rohit-sharmas-bollywood-connection-john-abraham-reveals-surprise",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:09:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rohit-sharmas-bollywood-connection-john-120939469.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former India captain Rohit Sharma has a surprising connection to Bollywood actor John Abraham. During a jersey launch event for the Rotterdam Dockers in Mumbai, Abraham revealed that Rohit's childhood coaching coach, Dinesh Lad, is also Abraham's former coach. Lad, who spotted Rohit at the age of 12, attended the event and posed for photographs with Abraham, prompting the actor to disclose the cricket connection. Abraham, who is one of the franchise's co-owners, expressed his gratitude to Lad, stating that he was giving Rohit a \"gurudakshina\" as a token of appreciation for his contributions to his career. Lad revealed that he trained Rohit for about four months during the batsman's childhood, noting that Rohit was just 12 years old when he first saw him playing.",
  "summary": "John Abraham revealed how Rohit Sharma has a unique connection to the film fraternity.",
  "key_points": [
    "Rohit Sharma's childhood coach, Dinesh Lad, is also John Abraham's former coach.",
    "Lad discovered Rohit at age 12 and coached him for four months.",
    "Abraham gave Lad gurudakshina at jersey launch event in Mumbai."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}