{"id":10409,"date":"2025-12-23T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=674178"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:55:21","slug":"watch-netflix-finally-reveals-reason-for-rohit-sharmas-appearance-on-ott-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/watch-netflix-finally-reveals-reason-for-rohit-sharmas-appearance-on-ott-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Netflix finally reveals reason for Rohit Sharma\u2019s appearance on OTT \u2013 EXPLAINED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has finally put an end to weeks of speculation around Rohit Sharma\u2019s viral Netflix-branded appearance. The former Indian captain will feature in a special collaboration for <em>Stranger Things 5: Volume 2<\/em>, which is scheduled to release on <strong>December 26 at 6:30 am IST<\/strong>, according to details now doing the rounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hitman aa raha hai upside down ko seedha karne \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25<br \/>Watch Stranger Things 5: Volume 2, out 26 December at 6:30 AM IST, only on Netflix.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Collab?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Collab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V9F1B4izDM\">pic.twitter.com\/V9F1B4izDM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixIndia\/status\/2003337273950044254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Rohit had sparked curiosity after a short Instagram story clip showed him wearing a Netflix T-shirt during what appeared to be a professional shoot. A voice in the background saying, \u201cRohit sir, shot ready,\u201d followed by his calm response \u2014 \u201cOkay, let\u2019s go\u201d \u2014 was enough to set social media buzzing. The Netflix logo on his T-shirt quickly became the focal point, triggering widespread speculation about a possible documentary or behind-the-scenes cricket series.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery deepened after Rohit also shared a separate Instagram story around December 8, referencing <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and \u201cHawkins,\u201d the fictional town from the series. At the time, it was widely seen as Rohit being a fan of the show, especially coming soon after a strong ODI performance against South Africa. That post, however, had no direct connection to the Netflix shoot.<\/p>\n<p>It has now emerged that Rohit Sharma is part of a promotional collaboration tied specifically to <em>Stranger Things 5: Volume 2<\/em>, rather than a standalone documentary or cricket series. Netflix\u2019s move aligns with its recent strategy of roping in global sports icons to amplify the buzz around marquee releases.<\/p>\n<p>Social media reactions over the past few days ranged from excitement to wild theories, with users speculating about everything from a T20 World Cup documentary to an unfiltered leadership series on Rohit\u2019s career. With the official context now clearer, fans can expect Rohit\u2019s appearance as part of Netflix\u2019s promotional push for one of its biggest global shows.<\/p>\n<p>More details around the nature of Rohit Sharma\u2019s appearance are expected closer to the release on December 26, but for now, the collaboration confirms a crossover that few saw coming \u2014 India\u2019s biggest cricket star meeting Netflix\u2019s most iconic series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has finally put an end to weeks of speculation around Rohit Sharma\u2019s viral Netflix-branded appearance. The former Indian captain\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}