Rohit Sharma

Sharma in 2024

Personal information

Full name

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Born

30 April 1987 (age 38)
Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Nickname

Hitman ^[1]
Shana ^[2]

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm off break

Role

Top-order batter

International information

National side

India (2007–present)

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)

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	67	273	159	129
Runs scored	4,301	11,168	4,231	9,318
Batting average	40.57	48.76	32.05	49.04
100s/50s	12/18	32/58	5/32	29/38
Top score	212	264	121*	309*
Balls bowled	383	610	68	2,153
Wickets	2	9	1	24
Bowling average	112.00	59.22	113.00	48.08
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	68/–	96/–	65/–	112/–

Medal record

Men's cricket

Representing India
ODI World Cup
	2023 India
T20 World Cup
	2007 South Africa
	2024 West Indies / United States
	2014 Bangladesh
World Test Championship
	2021 England
	2023 England
Champions Trophy
	2013 England / Wales
	2025 Pakistan
	2017 England / Wales
Asia Cup
	2010 Sri Lanka
	2016 Bangladesh
	2018 United Arab Emirates
	2023 Sri Lanka
	2008 Pakistan
U19 World Cup
	2006 Sri Lanka

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2025

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the captain of Indian cricket team in Test and ODI formats. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ODI opening batters of all time.^[3] He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League and for Mumbai in domestic cricket. Rohit previously captained India in all three formats. After leading India to the victory at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, he announced his retirement from T20Is.^[4]^[5] He also led India to victory in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

He holds several batting records which famously 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 plays for Mumbai Indians and Mumbai cricket team in Indian Premier League (IPL) and domestic cricket respectively. He formerly captained Mumbai Indians and the team has won 5 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. With India, Rohit Sharma was a member of the team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, where he played in the finals of both tournaments. 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, when he led India to win the 2024 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.

Early life

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Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 into a Telugu-Marathi–speaking family in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.^[10]^[11]^[12] His mother, Purnima Sharma, is from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.^[13] 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.^[14] He has a younger brother, Vishal Sharma.^[15]

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".^[15] 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.^[16]

Personal life

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Sharma married his longtime girlfriend, Ritika Sajdeh on 13 December 2015 whom he first met in 2008. They welcomed their first child, a girl, named Samaira, born on 30 December 2018.^[17] Sharma is a practitioner of the meditation technique Sahaj Marg.^[18] Rohit and Ritika welcomed their second child, a boy, named Ahaan, on 15 November 2024.^[19]^[20]

He practices an eggetarian diet.^[21]

Commercial endorsements

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Sharma has been sponsored by several brands including CEAT and the Swiss watchmaker Hublot.^[22]^[23] In his career, Sharma has endorsed many other brands including Maggi, Glow & Lovely, Lay's, Nissan, energy drink Relentless, Nasivion nasal spray, Aristocrat by VIP Industries, Adidas and Oppo mobiles.^[24]

Youth career

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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.^[25] 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.^[26] He visited Abu Dhabi and Australia with the India A squad and was then included among India's 30-member probable's list for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament, although he did not make the final squad.^[27]

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.^[28] He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai in the 2006–07 season and scored 205 off 267 balls against Gujarat.^[29] Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a half-century (57) in his second innings in the final against Bengal.^[30]

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.^[31] In October 2013, upon the retirement of Ajit Agarkar, he was appointed team captain ahead of the 2013–14 season.^[32]

International career

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Centuries against nations
Opponent	Test	ODI	T20I	Total
Afghanistan	–	1	1	2
Australia	1	8	–	9
Bangladesh	–	3	–	3
England	4	3	1	8
New Zealand	–	2	–	2
Pakistan	–	2	–	2
South Africa	3	3	1	7
Sri Lanka	1	6	1	8
West Indies	3	3	1	7
Zimbabwe	–	1	–	1
Total	12	32	5	49

Test matches

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In November 2013, during Sachin Tendulkar's farewell series, Sharma made his Test debut at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against West Indies and scored 177, the second-highest score on debut by an Indian to Shikhar Dhawan (187).^[33] He followed it up with 111 (not out) in the second Test at his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.^[34]

Having been out of the Test team since 2017–18, Sharma went on the 2018–19 tour of Australia after he had earned a recall earlier. Chief selector M. S. K. Prasad said the reason for his recall was that his natural game suited the bouncy Australian pitches.^[35] Sharma played in the first Test in Adelaide, scoring 37 and 1 in an Indian victory.^[36]^[37] During the first Test, he sustained a minor injury which saw him miss the second Test in Perth.^[38] He recovered for the Boxing Day third Test at Melbourne and scored 63 (not out) to help India total 443/7 and win both the Test and the series.^[39] After the third Test, Sharma had to return to India for the birth of his daughter.^[40]

In October 2019, in the third Test against South Africa, Sharma scored his 2,000th run and his first double century in Tests. He made 212 in the first innings of the match.^[41]^[42] Sharma was named as vice-captain of India's Test team during the tour of Australia in 2020, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara.^[43]^[44]^[45]

Sharma had a successful home series against England in 2021. Instrumental in his team's comeback after a defeat in the first Test at Chennai, he scored a century, one that The Guardian termed "deserves to be considered one of the greatest this century."^[46] He put on 167 runs with Ajinkya Rahane for the fourth wicket while making 161 runs in an innings that included 18 fours and two sixes.^[47] India went on to win the Test by 317 runs.^[48] He top-scored for his side in both innings of the low-scoring third Test in Ahmedabad with scores of 66 and 25 contributing to his team's win.^[49] Sharma finished the series aggregating 345 runs, the most for India, at an average of 58.^[46] He went on to score his first overseas Test century on 4 September 2021 with an innings of 127 against England at The Oval, also reaching the milestone of 3,000 runs in Test cricket.^[50]

Sharma was appointed captain of India's Test team in February 2022, succeeding Virat Kohli, ahead of a two-match series against Sri Lanka.^[51] Sunil Gavaskar praised his leadership and Chetan Sharma, India's chairman of selectors, said: "We will groom future captains under him".^[52]

2015, 2019 and 2023 Cricket World Cups

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In March 2015, Sharma made his first appearance in the Cricket World Cup and played in eight matches for India in the 2015 tournament in Australia. India reached the semi-final stage where they were defeated by Australia. Sharma scored 330 runs in the tournament with one century, a score of 137 in the quarter-final against Bangladesh.^[53]

On 15 April 2019, Sharma was appointed vice-captain of India's squad for the 2019 World Cup in England.^[54] In the opening match against South Africa, he scored 122, including his 12,000th run in international cricket.^[55]^[56] He followed it up with centuries against Pakistan, England and Bangladesh. In the match against Sri Lanka, hitting yet another century, he became the first batsman to score five centuries in a single World Cup tournament,^[57] and equalled Tendulkar's record for the most centuries (6) in all World Cup matches.^[58] Sharma totalled 648 runs in the tournament to finish as the leading run-scorer and win the ICC's Golden Bat award, the third Indian player to do so.^[59]

On 8 October 2023, during the ICC Cricket World Cup, Sharma was entrusted with the captaincy responsibilities for the Indian team in a match against Australia. This significant moment marked the first time he captained the Indian side in the Cricket World Cup. What set this particular event apart was that at that time, he had become the oldest player to lead the Indian team in the tournament,^[60] showcasing his maturity and experience as a cricketer.

On 11 October 2023, during a match against Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup 2023, Sharma achieved a milestone by surpassing the Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most centuries in World Cup history. With a display of batting prowess, Sharma notched his seventh century, breaking the record in this World Cup encounter.^[61]

Other one-day international matches

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Sharma made his full international debut in a one-day match against Ireland in Belfast on 23 June 2007. This was part of the 2007 Future Cup competition which also involved South Africa. He was number seven in the batting order but did not bat as India won the game by 9 wickets.^[62]

He scored his maiden ODI half-century (52) against Pakistan at Jaipur on 18 November 2007 and was selected for the Indian squad going to the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia.^[63]^[64] In that series, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties, including 66 in the first final at Sydney when he partnered Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful run chase.^[65]^[66] After that, however, his ODI performances suffered a downturn and he lost his middle-order position to Suresh Raina. Later, Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman. In December 2009, following his triple century in the Ranji Trophy, he was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar opted to rest in the series.^[67]

He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on 28 May 2010 and followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on 30 May 2010 by scoring 101 not out.^[68]^[69] He had a run of poor form in South Africa just before the 2011 World Cup and as a consequence he was left out of India's squad for the tournament.^[70]

Sharma was recalled to the limited-overs squad for the tour of the West Indies in June and July 2011.^[71] In the first match at Queen's Park Oval, he scored 68 (not out) from 75 balls with three fours and a six. In the third match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, he scored a match-winning 86 off 91 balls after India had been reduced to 92 for 6.^[72]

He had a disastrous loss of form in 2012 and scored only 168 runs in the whole calendar year at the very low average of 12.92 with just a single half-century. Even so, his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed faith in him, and his career was revived in 2013. Dhoni decided to move him up the batting order to open the innings with Shikhar Dhawan in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. The pairing was a success and India won the competition, defeating hosts England in the final.^[73]

His good form continued and, later in the year against Australia, he scored 141 (not out) in Jaipur. He followed that with 209 off 158 balls in Bangalore and established a then-world record for the most sixes (16) in a one-day international innings (since beaten by Eoin Morgan of England with 17).^[74] On 13 November 2014, playing against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Sharma broke the world record for the highest score in a one-day international innings with 264 from 173 deliveries.^[75]^[76]

In December 2017, India's captain Virat Kohli was rested for the series against Sri Lanka, in preparation for India's tour to South Africa, which began in the first week of January 2018. In his place, Sharma was appointed team captain and India under his leadership won the series 2–1, their eighth consecutive series win since defeating Zimbabwe in June 2016.^[77]^[78] Sharma also hit his third ODI double-century in this series, scoring 208 (not out) to extend his record of most ODI double-centuries by a player.^[79]

In September 2018, in the absence of many top players including regular captain Virat Kohli, Sharma led India to win the 2018 Asia Cup, where they defeated Bangladesh in the final.^[80]

On 12 January 2019, in the opening match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sharma scored 133 but it was in vain as India lost by 34 runs. It was his 22nd century in one-day internationals.^[81] At Delhi on 13 March 2019, in the fifth and final match of a home series against Australia, Sharma scored 56 including his 8,000th run in one-day internationals. It was his 200th innings.^[82] In 2019, he scored the most runs in ODIs by any batsman, with 1,490 runs in the calendar year, including 7 centuries.^[83]

In November 2020, Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.^[84]^[85]

In July 2022, Sharma became the first Indian captain to lead their team to both T20I and ODI series wins in England. He became the 3rd Indian captain to win an ODI series in England, and the first since 2014.^[86]

In February 2025, at the ICC Champions Trophy, in a group game against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma became the 2nd fastest player to score 11,000 runs in ODI Cricket. He achieved this feat in 261 innings, behind only Virat Kohli who achieved it in 222 innings.^[87]

Twenty20 international matches

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Sharma was included in the Indian squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and made his mark by scoring an unbeaten 50 from 40 deliveries against hosts South Africa in a must win Super Eight match. This enabled India to win the match by 37 runs and they went on to defeat Pakistan in the final, when Sharma scored 30 (not out) from 16 deliveries.^[88]^[89]

On 2 October 2015, during the South African tour of India, Sharma scored 106 in the first Twenty20 international at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. With that, he became the second Indian cricketer to have scored centuries in all three formats of international cricket.^[90]

In December 2017, in a series against Sri Lanka, Sharma scored the joint-fastest T20I century, in 35 balls, ending with 118 from 43 deliveries, equaling the record of David Miller. This was also his second century in Twenty20 internationals.^[91]

On 8 July 2018, during a series in England, Sharma became the second Indian batsman, after Virat Kohli, to score 2,000 runs in a Twenty20 international career.^[92] He was the fifth batsman worldwide to achieve the feat; the others besides Kohli were Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill and Shoaib Malik.^[93] He also scored his third T20I century during this series, equaling the then-record for most T20I centuries, held by Colin Munro.^[94]

In March 2018, he led Team India to win the Nidahas Trophy under his captaincy.^[80] In November 2018, in a series against West Indies, he scored his fourth T20I century, creating a new record for the most centuries by a player in T20I cricket.^[95]

In November 2019, in the opening match of the series against Bangladesh, Sharma became the most-capped cricketer for India in T20Is, playing in his 99th match.^[96] In the next match of the series, he became the first male cricketer for India to play in 100 T20Is.^[97]

In November 2020, Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.^[84]^[85]

In July 2022, Sharma became the first captain in T20I history to lead their team to 14 consecutive victories.^[86]

With his participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, Sharma became the only Indian cricketer to have played in every edition of the tournament since its inception in 2007.^[98]

On 27 October 2022, Sharma broke the record for most sixes by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups, previously held by Yuvraj Singh, hitting his 34th six against Netherlands at Sydney Cricket Ground.^[99]^[100]

In May 2024, he was named as a captain in India's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[101] In June 2024, during a match against Ireland, Rohit Sharma achieved the milestone of hitting 600 sixes in international cricket across all formats.^[102] On 29 June 2024, Sharma led India to win the 2024 T-20 World cup after defeating South Africa in the finals.^[103] In the post-match press conference after the T20 World Cup victory, Sharma declared his retirement from T20s, while confirming that he would continue to represent India in ODIs and Test match formats.^[5]

Franchise career

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Mumbai Indians
T20 Cricket
Indian Premier League
Winner	Pepsi IPL 2013
Winner	Pepsi IPL 2015
Winner	VIVO IPL 2017
Winner	VIVO IPL 2019
Winner	Dream11 IPL 2020
Champions League
Winner	CLT20 2013 India

Deccan Chargers
T20 Cricket
Indian Premier League
Winner	IPL 2009

Rohit Sharma joined the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 when he was signed by the Deccan Chargers franchise, based in Hyderabad, for the sum of US$750,000 a year.^[104] In the 2011 auction, he was sold for US$2 million to the Mumbai Indians.^[105] He scored his maiden IPL century in the 2012 season with 109* off 60 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders.^[106] In the 2015 season, he missed his century falling short by just two runs, scoring 98* off 65 balls in the first match of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders but it went in vain as it came in a losing cause.^[107] Again in the 2018 season, he missed his century, scoring 94 off 52 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore coming in a 46-run win.^[108] Then he scored his second IPL century in 2024 tournament with 105* off 63 balls against the arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings but this came in a losing cause, this was his 1st century after 12 long years.^[109]

Under his leadership, Mumbai has won the IPL in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020; they also won the former Champions League Twenty20 competition in 2013.^[110]

Sharma has been one of the most successful players in the IPL as captain since 2013 of the Mumbai Indians, who have won the tournament five times under his leadership.^[110]^[111] He led Mumbai Indians in 158 matches securing 87 victories, making him the second-most successful captain in IPL history surpassed only by MS Dhoni with 134 victories.^[112] He is one of seven players who have scored 5,000 career runs in the competition. He has scored 6,628 runs with 2 centuries and 43 half centuries and is the third-highest run scorer after Virat Kohli (8,094) and Shikhar Dhawan (6,769).^[113] In 2024, Sharma was sacked as the captain, in favour of Hardik Pandya, their new buy.^[114] This sparked massive controversy among the fans and many were disappointed that Sharma was not put back as captain.

Career statistics

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International career

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Representing India
Year	Innings	Runs	Highest	50s	100s	Avg	S/R
2007	6	149	52	2	0	49.66	110.37
2008	29	540	70*	3	0	24.54	72.87
2009	15	247	52*	1	0	22.45	86.97
2010	18	598	114	2	2	39.86	91.29
2011	19	691	95	7	0	49.35	86.48
2012	22	284	68	2	0	15.77	83.52
2013	34	1,537	209	8	4	53.00	76.16
2014	28	1,015	264	6	1	40.60	77.65
2015	32	1,269	150	7	4	40.93	78.62
2016	35	1,349	171*	9	2	43.51	95.06
2017	33	1,793	208*	8	8	64.03	100.95
2018	45	1,804	162	7	7	48.75	99.22
2019	47	2,442	212	10	10	53.08	91.28
2020	7	311	119	2	1	51.83	111.07
2021	35	1,420	161	9	2	43.03	62.69
2022	40	995	76*	6	0	27.63	118.73
2023	39	1,800	131	11	4	48.64	89.86
2024	40	1,154	131	7	3	31.18	86.83
2025	8	302	119	1	1	37.75	108.24
Total	532	19,700	264	108	49	42.18	87.26

Playing style

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Sharma is an aggressive batsman but plays with style and elegance.^[115]^[116] He is usually an opening batsman in limited overs cricket, but has played most of his Test cricket as a middle-order batsman.^[117]^[118] In limited overs cricket, Sharma is widely recognised as one of the format's most outstanding batsmen.^[119]^[120] And for his attacking batting and six hitting abilities he often referred as Hitman.^[121]

Sunil Gavaskar considers Sharma to have a batting style similar to those of Virender Sehwag and Viv Richards. In his column for The Times of India in November 2018, Gavaskar said:^[122]

The standout performer in both the limited overs series and the T20 series has been Rohit Sharma. Like Virender Sehwag before him, he is unstoppable once he gets going and like Viru he has an appetite for big hundreds. When Viru used to get out looking to hit another delivery out of the park, there used to be consternation around the ground, just like it is when Rohit gets out to a seemingly casual shot. If Rohit can turn his white ball exploits into red ball cricket, he will be the most destructive batsman in the world after Viv Richards and Virender Sehwag.

While Sharma is not a regular bowler, he can bowl right-arm off spin.^[12] He usually fields in the slips and has said this is a part of his game which he works very hard on for improvement.^[123]

Achievements

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Sharma scored the highest-ever individual score in a One Day International match, with a 264 against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 13 November 2014.^[12] He is the only player to have scored three double-centuries in ODIs.^[124] In January 2020, Sharma was named as the ODI Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC).^[125] In 2019, Sharma became the only batsman to scored five centuries in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup.^[126]

On 5 October 2019, during a Test match against South Africa, Sharma became the first batsman to score two centuries in a match on his first appearance as an opening batsman.^[127] In the same series, he broke Shimron Hetmyer's record for the highest number of sixes in a Test series.^[128]

On 11 October 2023, Sharma achieved a historic feat during the 2023 Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan team, when he surpassed the record previously held by Chris Gayle for the most international sixes (553).^[129]^[130]

On 14 October 2023, Sharma achieved a milestone in the world of cricket by becoming the first Indian to complete 300 sixes in the 50-overs format.^[131] This feat occurred during an India-Pakistan match at Narendra Modi Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 fans.^[132]

During a 22 October 2023 match against New Zealand, Sharma became the first Indian batter to hit 50 One Day International (ODI) sixes in a calendar year.^[133]

On 2 August 2024, Sharma surpassed Eoin Morgan to have hit most sixes in international cricket as captain.^[134]

Sharma's 19 Player of the Match awards is the highest by an indian in IPL history.^[135]

Awards & Honours

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Awards

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Year	Award	Category	Notes	Ref
2015	Arjuna Award	Outstanding Performance in Sports	Second Highest Sporting Honour	^[136]
2019	16th ICC Awards	ODI Cricketer of the Year	Best ODI Player of the Year	^[137]
2020	Khel Ratna Award	Outstanding Achievements in Sports	Highest Sporting Honour	^[138]

Honours

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Year	Award	Category	Notes	Ref
2014	11th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year	12th Man	^[139]
2016	13th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year		^[140]
2017	14th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year		^[141]
2018	15th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year		^[142]
2019	16th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year
2020	1st ICC Awards of the Decade	ODI Team of the Year	For 2011–2020	^[143]
2020	1st ICC Awards of the Decade	T20I Team of the Year	For 2011–2020	^[143]
2021	17th ICC Awards	Test Team of the Year		^[144]
2023	19th ICC Awards	ODI Team of the Year	Captain	^[145]
2024	20th ICC Awards	T20I Team of the Year	Captain	^[146]

Television appearances

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2024	The Great Indian Kapil Show	Guest/Himself	Talk show on Netflix	^[147]^[148]

Philanthropy

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Sharma engages in numerous philanthropic activities, promoting various causes such as animal welfare, health, and children.^[149] He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and has supported various initiatives and organisations to promote the cause.^[150]

In February 2015, Sharma joined People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to support sterilisation of homeless cats and dogs. When supporting the cause Sharma said, "Sterilisation is important because I feel that if we can stop (the homeless-animal crisis), there will be control of population among the street dogs".^[151]

In September 2015, along with Hollywood actors Matt LeBlanc and Salma Hayek, Sharma joined an anti-poaching campaign in Kenya to save the wild animals of Africa including the last surviving northern white rhinoceros. When joining the campaign Sharma said, "I have been a member of PETA and when I was informed about the cause, I thought it is my duty to join the anti-poaching drive. That's what got me to Nairobi. I was fascinated to have a look at Sudan (the last northern white rhino) and the sniffer dogs who catch hold of the poachers".^[152]

In November 2017, Sharma in a video on social media said that he had agreed with an online store to merchandise mobile phone covers and other items that would use his name and ODI jersey no. 45. Sharma also told his Twitter followers: "All proceeds from your purchases would go to an animal charity of my choice".^[153]

In 2018 on "World Rhino Day", Sharma was announced as the WWF-India Rhino Ambassador. Ravi Singh, the CEO and Secretary General of WWF-India, said "We welcome Rohit into the WWF family". After taking a pledge for the cause of rhino conservation, Sharma said, "My love for rhinos sparked when I first heard about Sudan, the last male northern white African rhino who died this year thus leading to the inevitable extinction of the entire species and that broke my heart. As the world and I mourned for my fallen friend Sudan, I researched the best way for me to help prevent something like this happening and the best way I know how is to create awareness. After getting in touch with WWF I learnt that 82% of the world's rhinos reside in India and I am honoured to be WWF-India's rhino ambassador to spread awareness and do my bit to contribute to the protection and survival of the rhino and help make this world a better place for them."^[154]

References

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^ 624 as on 11 December 2024.^[6] He also has highest sixes in the T20I format (205).
^ 2023 ICC World Test Championship Final, 2023 ICC ODI Cricket World Cup final,2024 ICC T20 World Cup final and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final
^ The other player is Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

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External links

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Rohit Sharma biography
Rohit Sharma at ESPNcricinfo
Rohit Sharma Archived 22 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Wisden

Awards
Preceded by Virat Kohli	ICC ODI Player of the Year 2019	Succeeded by Babar Azam

v t e Recipients of Khel Ratna
1991–2000	Viswanathan Anand (1991–1992) Geet Sethi (1992–1993) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg (1993–1994) Karnam Malleswari (1994–1995) Kunjarani Devi (1995–1996) Leander Paes (1996–1997) Sachin Tendulkar (1997–1998) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (1998–1999) Dhanraj Pillay (1999–2000) Pullela Gopichand (2000–2001)
2001–2010	Abhinav Bindra (2001) K. M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat (2002) Anju Bobby George (2003) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004) Pankaj Advani (2005) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (2006) MS Dhoni (2007) No award (2008) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar (2009) Saina Nehwal (2010)
2011–2020	Gagan Narang (2011) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt (2012) Ronjan Sodhi (2013) No award (2014) Sania Mirza (2015) P. V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai, and Sakshi Malik (2016) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli (2018) Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia (2019) Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat, and Rani Rampal (2020)
2021–2030	Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri and Manpreet Singh (2021) Sharath Kamal (2022) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2023) Gukesh Dommaraju, Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, and Praveen Kumar (2024)

India squads

v t e India squad – 2007 World Twenty20 – Champions (1st title)
1 Harbhajan 2 Dhoni (c & wk) 3 Rohit 4 Yuvraj 5 Joginder 6 Yusuf 7 Gambhir 8 Uthappa 9 RP Singh 10 Sreesanth 11 Chawla 44 Sehwag 12 Irfan 13 Agarkar 14 Karthik 15 Rohit Coach: Rajput

v t e India squad – 2010 Asia Cup – Champions (5th title)
1 Dhoni (c & wk) 2 Karthik 3 Ashwin 4 Dinda 5 Gambhir 6 Harbhajan 7 Jadeja 8 Zaheer 9 Kohli 10 Praveen 11 Ojha 12 Nehra 13 Raina 14 Rohit 15 Sehwag

v t e India squad – 2014 Men's T20 World Cup - Runners-up
3 Raina 6 Sharma 7 Dhoni (c, wk) 8 Jadeja 9 Mishra 11 Shami 12 Singh 15 Kumar 17 Rahane 18 Kohli (vc) 25 Dhawan 45 Sharma 77 Aaron 84 Binny 99 Ashwin Coach: Dravid

v t e India squad – 2013 ICC Champions Trophy – Champions (2nd title)
7 Dhoni (c & wk) 8 Jadeja 9 Mishra 1 I Sharma 3 Raina 18 Kohli (vc) 6 Vijay 25 Dhawan 45 R Sharma 99 Ashwin 19 Karthik 15 B Kumar 56 I Pathan 73 Umesh 23 V Kumar Coach: Fletcher

v t e India squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup - Semi-finalists
48 Raina 5 Rayudu 6 Mohit 7 Dhoni (c & wk) 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 15 Bhuvneshwar 18 Kohli (vc) 20 Axar 25 Dhawan 27 Rahane 45 Rohit 73 Umesh 84 Binny 99 Ashwin Coach: Fletcher

v t e India squad – 2016 Men's T20 World Cup - Semi-finalists
3 Singh 6 Negi 7 Dhoni (c, wk) 8 Jadeja 9 Pandey 11 Shami 12 Singh 18 Kohli (vc) 25 Dhawan 27 Rahane 33 Pandya 41 Iyer 45 Sharma 48 Raina 57 Nehra 93 Bumrah 99 Ashwin Coach: Shastri

v t e India squad – 2016 Asia Cup – Champions (6th title)
1 Dhoni (c & wk) 2 Ashwin 3 Bumrah 4 Dhawan 5 Jadeja 6 Kohli 7 Bhuvneshwar 8 Negi 9 Nehra 10 Pandya 11 Patel 12 Rahane 13 Raina 14 Rohit 15 Harbhajan 16 Yuvraj

v t e India squad – 2018 Asia Cup – Champions (7th title)
1 Rohit (c) 2 Dhawan 3 Khaleel 4 Bumrah 5 Chahal 6 Chahar 7 Dhoni (wk) 8 Jadhav 9 Jadeja 10 Karthik 11 Kaul 12 Bhuvneshwar 13 Rahul 14 Pandey 15 Pandya 16 Rayudu 17 Thakur 18 Yadav

v t e India squad – 2019 Cricket World Cup semi-finalists
1 Rahul 3 Chahal 7 Dhoni (wk) 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 15 Kumar 18 Kohli (c) 21 Karthik (wk) 23 Kuldeep 25 Dhawan 33 Pandya 45 Rohit (vc) 59 Shankar 81 Kedar 93 Bumrah Coach: Shastri
Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Navdeep Saini and Ishant Sharma as stand-by players for the team.

v t e India squad – 2021 Men's T20 World Cup
1 Rahul 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 15 Kumar 17 Pant (wk) 18 Kohli (c) 20 Patel 28 Chahar 29 Chakravarthy 32 Kishan (wk) 33 Pandya 41 Iyer 45 Sharma (vc) 54 Thakur 63 Suryakumar 90 Chahar 93 Bumrah 99 Ashwin Coach: Ravi Shastri
Thakur replaced Patel due to injury

v t e India squad – 2022 Men's T20 World Cup – Semi-finalists
1 Rahul (vc) 2 Singh 3 Chahal 11 Shami 15 Kumar 17 Pant (wk) 18 Kohli 19 Karthik (wk) 20 Patel 33 Pandya 36 Patel 41 Iyer 45 Sharma (c) 54 Thakur 57 Hooda 63 Suryakumar 73 Siraj 90 Chahar 93 Bumrah 99 Ashwin Coach: Rahul Dravid
Shami replaced Bumrah and Thakur replaced Chahar due to injury

v t e India squad – 2023 Asia Cup – Champions (8th title)
1 Rahul (wk) 5 Sundar 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 18 Kohli 20 Patel 23 Kuldeep 24 Krishna 32 Kishan (wk) 33 Pandya (vc) 45 Sharma (c) 54 Thakur 63 Suryakumar 72 Varma 73 Siraj 77 Gill 93 Bumrah 96 Iyer Coach: Rahul Dravid

v t e India squad – 2023 Cricket World Cup - Runners-up
1 Rahul (wk) 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 18 Kohli 23 Kuldeep 24 Krishna 32 Kishan (wk) 33 Pandya (vc) 45 Sharma (c) 54 Thakur 63 Suryakumar 73 Siraj 77 Gill 93 Bumrah 96 Iyer 99 Ashwin Coach: Rahul Dravid
Ravichandran Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna were not initially in the squad, but were named as replacements for Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya.

v t e India squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup – Champions (2nd title)
2 Arshdeep 3 Chahal 8 Jadeja 9 Samson (wk) 17 Pant (wk) 18 Kohli 20 Axar 23 Kuldeep 25 Dube 33 Pandya (vc) 45 Rohit (c) 63 Suryakumar 64 Jaiswal 73 Siraj 93 Bumrah Standby players: Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed and Shubman Gill Coach: Rahul Dravid

v t e India squad – 2025 ICC Champions Trophy - Champions (3rd title)
1 Rahul (wk) 2 Arshdeep 5 Sundar 8 Jadeja 11 Shami 17 Pant (wk) 18 Kohli 20 Axar 22 Harshit 23 Kuldeep 29 Varun 33 Pandya 45 Sharma (c) 77 Gill (vc) 96 Iyer Coach: Gautam Gambhir
Harshit Rana was named as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah. Varun Chakravarthy replaced Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube were named as non-travelling substitutes.

Current captains of national cricket teams with full Test status

Afghanistan	Hashmatullah Shahidi (Test, ODI) Rashid Khan (T20I)
Australia	Pat Cummins (Test, ODI) Mitchell Marsh (T20I)
Bangladesh	Najmul Hossain Shanto
England	Ben Stokes (Test) Harry Brook (ODI, T20I)
India	Rohit Sharma (Test, ODI) Suryakumar Yadav (T20I)
Ireland	Andrew Balbirnie (Test) Paul Stirling (ODI, T20I)

New Zealand	Tom Latham (Test) Mitchell Santner (ODI) Michael Bracewell (T20I)
Pakistan	Shan Masood (Test) Mohammad Rizwan (ODI, T20I)
South Africa	Temba Bavuma (Test, ODI) Aiden Markram (T20I)
Sri Lanka	Dhananjaya de Silva (Test) Charith Asalanka (ODI, T20I)
West Indies	Vacant (Test) Shai Hope (ODI) Rovman Powell (T20I)
Zimbabwe	Craig Ervine (Test, ODI) Sikandar Raza (T20I)

India ODI cricket captains

1974: Wadekar
1975–1979: Venkataraghavan
1975/76–1978/79: Bedi
1980/81–1985/86: Gavaskar
1980/81: Viswanath
1982/83–1992/93: Dev
1983/84: Kirmani
1984/85: Amarnath
1986/87–1991/92: Shastri
1987/88–1988/89: Vengsarkar
1989/90: Srikkanth
1989/90–1999: Azharuddin
1996–1999/00: Tendulkar
1997/98–1999/00: Jadeja
1999–2005: Ganguly
2000/01–2007: Dravid
2001/02: Kumble
2003–2011: Sehwag
2007–2016: Dhoni
2010–2014: Raina
2011: Gambhir
2013–2021: Kohli
2015: Rahane
2017/18–present: Sharma
2021–22: Dhawan
2022–23: Rahul
2023: Pandya

Italics denote deputised captaincy

v t e India T20I cricket captains
2006: Sehwag 2007–2016: Dhoni 2010–11: Raina 2015: Rahane 2016–21: Kohli 2017–24: Sharma 2021: Dhawan 2022: Pant 2022–23: Pandya 2022: Rahul 2023: Bumrah 2023: Gaikwad 2023–present: Yadav 2024: Gill
Italics denote deputised captaincy

v t e ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year
2004: Flintoff 2005: Pietersen 2006: Hussey 2007: Hayden 2008: Dhoni 2009: Dhoni 2010: de Villiers 2011: Sangakkara 2012: Kohli 2013: Sangakkara 2014: de Villiers 2015: de Villiers 2016: de Kock 2017: Kohli 2018: Kohli 2019: Rohit 2021: Babar 2022: Babar 2023: Kohli 2024: Omarzai

Mumbai Indians – current squad

33 Pandya (c)
4 Puthur
9 Tilak Varma
12 Bawa
13 Minz (†)
15 Raju
18 Boult
19 Dhir
22 Jacks
36 Karn
37 Bosch
42 Kumar
44 Rickelton (†)
45 Rohit
56 Chahar
63 Suryakumar
74 Santner
77 Mujeeb
93 Bumrah
– Ghazanfar
– Jacobs
– Shrijith (†)
– Tendulkar
– Topley
– Williams

Head Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
Batting Coach: Kieron Pollard
Bowling Coach: Lasith Malinga
Bowling Coach: Paras Mhambrey
Fielding Coach: Carl Hopkinson

v t e Mumbai cricket team – current squad
Abdulla Bista Dabholkar Harmeet Herwadkar Iyer Jaiswal Javed Kulkarni Lad Marathe Mota Nayar Patil Rahane Sandhu Jaiswal Tare (vc) Thakur S Yadav Coach: Chandrakant Pandit