Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma
Sharma in 2024
Personal information
Full name
Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Born (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 38)
Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Nickname
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 280)6 November 2013 v West Indies
Last Test26 December 2024 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 168)23 June 2007 v Ireland
Last ODI9 March 2025 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.45 (formerly 77)
T20I debut (cap 17)19 September 2007 v England
Last T20I29 June 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.45 (formerly 77)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07–presentMumbai
2008–2010Deccan Chargers (squad no. 45)
2011–presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 45)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 67 273 159 129
Runs scored 4,301 11,168 4,231 9,318
Batting average 40.57 48.76 32.05 49.04
100s/50s 12/18 32/58 5/32 29/38
Top score 212 264 121* 309*
Balls bowled 383 610 68 2,153
Wickets 2 9 1 24
Bowling average 112.00 59.22 113.00 48.08
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/26 2/27 1/22 4/41
Catches/stumpings 68/– 96/– 65/– 112/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2025

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the captain of the Indian cricket team in ODI's, and a former captain in Tests and T20Is. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ODI opening batters of all time.[3] He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League and for Mumbai in domestic cricket. Rohit led India to the victory at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, after which he announced his retirement from T20Is, [4][5] and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. He was also a member of the team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, where he played in the finals of both tournaments.

Sharma holds several batting records which famously include most runs in T20 Internationals, most sixes in international cricket,[a] most double centuries in ODI cricket (3), most centuries at Cricket World Cups (7) and joint most hundreds in Twenty20 Internationals (5)[7].He also holds the world record for the highest individual score (264) in a One Day International (ODI) and also holds the record for scoring most hundreds (five) in a single Cricket World Cup, for which he won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2019.[8] He is the first and only captain to lead a team in all[b] ICC tournament finals.[9]

He plays for Mumbai Indians and Mumbai cricket team in Indian Premier League (IPL) and domestic cricket respectively. He formerly captained Mumbai Indians and the team has won five Indian Premier League titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 under him, making him the most successful captain in IPL history, sharing this record with MS Dhoni. He is also one of two players who have played in every edition of the T20 World Cup, from the inaugural edition in 2007 to the latest one in 2024.[c] He is the only Indian player to win two T20 World Cups. He became the second Indian captain to win a T20 World Cup.

He has received two national honours, the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the prestigious Khel Ratna Award in 2020 by the Government of India. Under his captaincy, India won the 2018 Asia Cup and the 2023 Asia Cup, the seventh and eighth time the country won the title, both in ODI format as well as the 2018 Nidahas Trophy, their second overall and first in T20I format.

  1. ^ "Rohit Sharma Reveals Origins Of His Nickname 'The Hitman'". 19 May 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "How did Rohit Sharma's nickname 'Hitman' come about?". ESPNcricinfo. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ *"6 reasons why Rohit Sharma is a great ODI batsman of this generation". Sportskeeda. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Rohit Sharma joins Kohli in retiring from T20Is after World Cup triumph". ESPNcricinfo. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NDTV-Rohit-30Jun24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Test+ODI+T20I matches | Batting records | Most sixes in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ "IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma becomes first player to score 5 T20I centuries". 17 January 2024.
  8. ^ "T20 World Cup final: Rohit Sharma becomes first-ever captain to win 50 T20Is". The Indian Express. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  9. ^ "The unmatched legacy of Rohit Sharma in men's ICC tournaments👏🇮🇳". ICC official Facebook Page. 6 March 2025.


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