Rohit Sharma
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| Full name | Rohit Gurunath Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1987 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 280) | 6 November 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 December 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 168) | 23 June 2007 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 March 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 45 (formerly 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 17) | 19 September 2007 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 June 2024 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 45 (formerly 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–present | Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Deccan Chargers (squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–present | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the captain of the India national team in ODIs. He is also a former captain in Tests and T20Is. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batters of all time, and one of the best batsmen of his generation.[3] He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League and for Mumbai in domestic cricket. After the team's victory at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, he announced his retirement from T20Is.[4][5] He was also a member of the teams that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and was the winning captain of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, where he was also the player of the match in the final.
Sharma holds several batting records which 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 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.
- ^ "Rohit Sharma Reveals Origins Of His Nickname 'The Hitman'". 19 May 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "How did Rohit Sharma's nickname 'Hitman' come about?". ESPNcricinfo. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ *"Rohit tops the rating of top 10 T20I batsmen of the decade". Crictracker.com. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- "The fall and rise of Rohit Sharma". Forbes India. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- "Rohit Sharma, the opener: one of the best there's ever been". Wisden. 9 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- "Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest ever ODI openers". Times of India. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- "Rohit Sharma probably among top 3 or 5 openers of all time". Hindustan Times. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- "Rohit Sharma Already Among Best ODI Openers of All Time". News18 India. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Rohit Sharma joins Kohli in retiring from T20Is after World Cup triumph". ESPNcricinfo. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NDTV-Rohit-30Jun24was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Test+ODI+T20I matches | Batting records | Most sixes in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma becomes first player to score 5 T20I centuries". 17 January 2024.
- ^ "T20 World Cup final: Rohit Sharma becomes first-ever captain to win 50 T20Is". The Indian Express. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "The unmatched legacy of Rohit Sharma in men's ICC tournaments👏🇮🇳". ICC official Facebook Page. 6 March 2025.
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