Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Born	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 29) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Nickname	Hitman, Shaana, Brothaman
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 280)	6 November 2013 v West Indies
Last Test	12 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 126)	23 June 2007 v Ireland
Last ODI	29 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	45
T20I debut (cap 17)	19 September 2007 v England
Last T20I	28 August 2016 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Mumbai
2008–2010	Deccan Chargers (squad no. 45)
2011–present	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 45)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 21 153 62 81 Runs scored 1184 5131 1364 6161 Batting average 37.00 41.37 31.72 54.04 100s/50s 2/7 10/29 1/11 19/27 Top score 177 264 106 309* Balls bowled 334 593 68 2,104 Wickets 2 8 1 24 Bowling average 101.00 64.37 113.0 47.16 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 22/– 54/– 22/– 64/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2016

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) 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.

Having started his international career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly came to be pegged by many analysts as a permanent fixture in the Indian cricket team in the next decade. He made his ODI debut on June 23, 2007 against Ireland. In 2013, he started playing as an opening batsman for India ODI team, and performed consistently. He scored consecutive centuries in his first two Test matches against the West Indies in November 2013, scoring 177 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on debut, followed by a score of 111* in the next Test at the Wankhede Stadium in India. He played 108 ODIs before playing his maiden Test.

On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, which is the highest individual score in ODIs. He thus became the only player in the world to score two double hundreds in ODIs. Rohit Sharma is the third skipper after MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir to lead his team to the IPL title twice. As per Forbes India 2015 Top 100 celebrities in India, Sharma is listed 8th in terms of fame, 46th in terms of income and 12th overall.