Rohit Sharma

About Rohit Sharma

Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the captain of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

Career Information:

Test debut-Nov 06, 2013, vs West Indies, Eden Gardens

Last Test-Dec 03, 2015, vs South Africa, Feroz Shah Kotla

ODI debut-Jun 23, 2007, vs Ireland, Civil Service Cricket Club

Last ODI-Oct 25, 2015, vs South Africa, Wankhede Stadium

T20 debut-Sep 19, 2007, vs England, Kingsmead

Last T20-vs South Africa, Oct 05, 2015, Barabati Stadium

IPL debut-vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Apr 20, 2008, Eden Gardens

Last IPL-vs Chennai Super Kings, May 24, 2015, Eden Gardens

Indian Premier League:

• Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful players in IPL and has the unique record of finishing the match by scoring a last-ball six. He has one IPL century and a hatrick to his name. Sharma was signed up by the Deccan Chargers franchise for a sum of US$750,000 a year in 2008.He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72. He also held the coveted Orange Cap for a brief period.
  
• In the 2009 IPL season he was appointed as the vice-captain of the Deccan Chargers. In a match against Kolkata Knight Riders where 21 was required off the last over, Sharma scored 26 off the over from Mashrafe Mortaza to seal a win. He was the fifth bowler to take an IPL hat-trick  and was awarded the best U-23 player of the tournament.
  
• In the 2011 IPL auction, he was sold for US$ 2million to the Mumbai Indians. He was later promoted as the permanent captain of the Mumbai Indians in the 2013 season as Ricky Ponting was benched due to poor form. Mumbai Indians under his captaincy won the IPL for the first time. It was a terrific season for him as a captain as he helped Mumbai Indians to win the IPL as well as the Champions League T20 in 2013.
  
• Once again in 2015 he helped MI to win the IPL 8 title by beating Chennai with margin of 41 runs in final played on 24 May 2015. He played an unbeatable innings of 50 of 26 balls for the team to score a 202/5 and also won the Man of The Match award in the finals. He became only one of the captains who won the IPL trophy twice. He also became the second player after Yusuf Pathan to be a part of the playing XI that won the IPL title three times: once with the Deccan Chargers and twice as the skipper of the Mumbai Indians. He is the most valued product of IPL along with suresh raina
  

Career success:

• Sharma made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in July 2006.He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his First-class side Mumbai in the 2006/2007 season. Though he was unable to contribute much in the initial matches,he scored 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat.Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a half century in the final against Bengal.
  
• In October 2013, upon the retirement of Ajit Agarkar, and owing to a successful captaincy stint in the IPL for Mumbai Indians, where he helped to win the IPL as well as the Champions League T20, Sharma was appointed as the captain of the Mumbai Ranji team for the 2013–14 season
  
• In the ODI series that followed, he carried on with his good form. The first ODI was also played at Queen's Park Oval. Rohit was elected man of the match for his 68 not out of 75 balls with three fours and a six. In the third ODI played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Sharma scored a matching-winning 86 of 91 balls. Rohit along with Harbhajan Singh got India out of trouble to win the match after they were reduced to 92 for 6.He was widely appraised for his calm and matured performance. Sharma won his first Man of the Series award for excellent batting performance throughout the ODI series.His good form continued as he bagged another Man of the series award against West Indies again but this time on Indian soil. He was part of the squad selected to play in the Australian series.
  
• In 2013, he was experimented as new opening batsman for India along with the Shikhar Dhawan for the Champions Trophy.The successful starts achieved by this opening pair helped India win the Champions Trophy and Tri-nation series in the West Indies. His good form continued in the home series against Australia when he scored an 141 not out in Jaipur and 209 runs off 158 balls, in Bangalore and with 16 sixes, he broke the world record for most sixes hit in an ODI innings.
  

Rohit Sharma Achievements