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Rohit Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He plays as a right-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for India in 2007 and has played in over 200 ODIs and 100 T20Is. He is regarded as one of the best opening batsmen in the world. Outside of cricket, he supports animal welfare causes and is a brand ambassador for various organizations.

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Rohit Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He plays as a right-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for India in 2007 and has played in over 200 ODIs and 100 T20Is. He is regarded as one of the best opening batsmen in the world. Outside of cricket, he supports animal welfare causes and is a brand ambassador for various organizations.

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Rohit Sharma

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This article is about the cricketer born in 1987. For other uses, see Rohit Sharma
(disambiguation).

Rohit Sharma

Sharma in December 2015

Personal information

Full name Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Born 30 April 1987 (age 34)

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Nickname Hitman, Ro, Shaana, Father of Daddy

Hundreds

Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Batting Right-handed

Bowling Right-arm off break

Role Opening batsman

International information
India (2007–present)
National side

Test debut (cap 280) 6 November 2013 v West Indies

Last Test 2 September 2021 v England

ODI debut (cap 168) 23 June 2007 v Ireland

Last ODI 28 March 2021 v England

ODI shirt no. 45

T20I debut (cap 17) 19 September 2007 v England

Last T20I 8 November 2021 v Namibia

T20I shirt no. 45

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 43 227 116 104
Runs scored 3,047 9,205 3,038 8,033
Batting average 46.87 48.96 32.66 54.64
100s/50s 8/14 29/43 4/24 25/34
Top score 212 264 118 309*
Balls bowled 383 593 68 2,153
Wickets 2 8 1 24
Bowling average 112.00 64.37 113.00 48.08
5 wickets in 0 0 0 0
innings
10 wickets in 0 0 0 0
match
Best bowling 1/26 2/27 1/22 4/41
Catches/stumpings 45/– 78/– 41/– 89/-

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 November 2021

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer who plays


for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League as a
right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He is the vice-captain of
the Indian national team in limited-overs formats. He is widely regarded as one of the best
opener of all time.[1][2][3]
Outside cricket, Sharma is an active supporter of animal welfare campaigns. He is the official
Rhino Ambassador for WWF-India and is a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA). He has worked with PETA in its campaign to raise awareness of the plight of
homeless cats and dogs in India.

Contents

 1Early life
 2Youth and domestic first-class career
 3International career
o 3.1Test matches
o 3.22015 and 2019 Cricket World Cups
o 3.3Other one-day international matches
o 3.4Twenty20 international matches
 4Indian Premier League
 5Playing style
 6Achievements
o 6.1National honours
o 6.2Sporting honours
 7Outside cricket
o 7.1Personal life
o 7.2Commercial endorsements
o 7.3Philanthropy
 8References
 9External links

Early life
Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra.[4] His mother, Purnima
Sharma, is from Visakhapatnam.[5] His father, Gurunath Sharma, worked as a caretaker of a
transport firm storehouse. Sharma was raised by his grandparents and uncles
in Borivali because of his father's low income. He would visit his parents, who lived in a single-
room house in Dombivli, only during weekends.[6] He has a younger brother, Vishal Sharma. [7]
Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999 with his uncle's money. Dinesh Lad, his coach at the
camp, asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School, where Lad
was the coach and the cricket facilities were better than those at Sharma’s old school. Sharma
recollects, "I told him I couldn't afford it, but he got me a scholarship. So for four years I didn't pay
a penny, and did well in my cricket".[7] Sharma started as an off-spinner who could bat a bit before
Lad noticed his batting ability and promoted him from number eight to open the innings. He
excelled in the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournaments, scoring a century on debut as
an opener.[8]

Youth and domestic first-class career


Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar
Trophy at Gwalior in March 2005. Batting at number eight, he scored 31 not out as West Zone
won by 3 wickets with 24 balls remaining. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja made their
debuts in the same match.[9] It was Sharma's unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North
Zone at the Maharanna Bhupal College Ground in Udaipur in the same tournament that brought
him into the limelight.[10] He visited Abu Dhabi and Australia with the India A squad and was then
included among India's 30-member probables list for the upcoming ICC Champions
Trophy tournament, although he did not make the final squad. [11]
Sharma made his first-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin in July 2006. He
scored 57 and 22 as India won by 3 wickets.[12] He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai in
the 2006–07 season and scored 205 off 267 balls against Gujarat.[13] Mumbai went on to win the
tournament with Sharma scoring a half-century (57) in his second innings in the final
against Bengal.[14]
Sharma has spent his entire domestic first-class career at Mumbai. In December 2009, he made
his highest career score of 309 not out in the Ranji Trophy against Gujarat.[15] In October 2013,
upon the retirement of Ajit Agarkar, he was appointed team captain ahead of the 2013–14
season.[16]

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