La Liga’s brand ambassador in India, cricketer Rohit Sharma opined about who he thinks is the best footballer in the world. Sharma is the first-ever non-footballer brand ambassador appointed by La Liga globally.

Rohit Sharma, in interaction with Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal on Facebook Live, talked about the achievement of the Portugal footballer. "Yes, of course. Who doesn't love Ronaldo? He is the king. What he has done with his career is simply outstanding. You have to applaud whatever he has achieved in his career," Rohit said.

Rohit is not the only cricketer to pick Ronaldo as his favorite. Earlier, Indian captain, Virat Kohli had also picked the former Real Madrid striker as his favorite over Argentina’s great Lionel Messi.

Virat Kohli names his favorite football player between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

"It is not easy because of the background that he came from. He had a very rough time at the start. I appreciate all these people who have a hard time in their career at the start, and towards the end, they have gone on to make it very big out of whatever opportunities they had," he added.

Ronaldo is the first player to win the Champions League five times. He last won the Champions League in 2018 as he helped Real Madrid claim the title. Ronaldo, however, now plays for the Serie A club Juventus.

In his career so far, Ronaldo has won three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, one Serie A and five Champions League. The striker currently has 99 international goals to his name and he would look to go past 109 goals of Iran's Ali Daei. If he reaches the feat, he will become the top international scorer of all time.

(sports.ndtv.com inputs)