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ROHIT
Sharma

45
Role :

Batter

Batting Style :

Right-hand Bat

Bowling Style :

Right-arm-offbreak

DOB :

Apr 30, 1987

Popularly known as the Hitman for his hard hitting skills, Rohit Sharma is a gifted batsman and an immensely talented cricketer who is pleasing on the eye with his elegance and ability to time the ball. Each time Rohit Sharma walks out to bat, the word “talent” features more often than not amongst his fans and the cricketing circles. Rohit Sharma got off to a good start in his international career with crucial contributions in the T20 World Cup in 2007 and the CB Series in Australia. He almost made his Test debut in 2010 against South Africa but he injured himself on the morning of the Test match; Rohit would then have to wait for three more years to finally represent India in whites. Rohit continued to take giant strides in the shortest format of the game and attracted a lot of attention by achieving success in the IPL. He also led the Mumbai Indians to their maiden IPL title in 2013. His inconsistency for the national side though saw him in and out of the Indian team until he got a chance to feature in India's tour of the Caribbean in 2011. Rohit proved to be a revelation there and bagged the Man-of-the-series award. He later had an on and off career graph stringing in useful contributions for India in ODIs. He was then promoted to open the innings, a move that proved to be a masterstroke for India as Rohit began to prove his critics wrong batting with a lot of freedom and exuberance. He scored an ODI double century against Australia in Bengaluru; a feat that was achieved by Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag before. In 2013 he made his Test debut against West Indies in Kolkata and straight away made an impression with a century as if to say he belonged. He followed it up with yet another century in Mumbai against the same opposition which paved way for his entry into the Test side more frequently. He did have a poor run overseas but these are still early days in his Test career and India see a lot of potential in him in Tests as well.

Career Statistics

Batting & Fielding

Mat Inn No Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s CT ST

Test

49 83 9 3379 212 45.66 6040 55.94 9 14 361 69 50 0

ODI

243 236 34 9825 264 48.64 10914 90.02 30 48 900 275 87 0

T20I

148 140 17 3853 118 31.33 2767 139.25 4 29 348 182 58 0

Bowling Stats

Mat Inn Balls Runs WKTS BBM Ave Econ SR 4W 5W

Test

49 16 383 224 2 1/35 112.00 3.51 191.50 0 0

ODI

243 38 593 515 8 2/27 64.38 5.21 74.13 0 0

T20I

148 9 68 113 1 1/22 113.00 9.97 68.00 0 0