Rohit Sharma

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Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma in 2012.jpg
Sharma in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Born (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 26)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Nickname Ro
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 168) 23 June 2007 v Ireland
Last ODI 27 January 2013 v England
T20I debut (cap 17) 19 Sep 2007 v England
Last T20I 28 December 2012 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006/07–present Mumbai
2008–2010 Deccan Chargers
2011–present Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 88 35 57 151
Runs scored 2,065 531 4,683 4,039
Batting average 30.82 29.50 60.03 33.94
100s/50s 2/13 0/5 25/20 5/23
Top score 114 79* 309* 142*
Balls bowled 527 68 1548 1295
Wickets 8 1 20 30
Bowling average 56.25 113.00 41.10 35.93
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/27 1/22 4/41 4/28
Catches/stumpings 32/– 15/– 41/– 55/–

Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2013

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (Telugu: రోహిత్ గురునాథ్ శర్మ; born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Having started international career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to complement his graceful stroke play. He is pegged by many analysts to be a permanent fixture on the Indian Premier League in the next decade.

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Early life[edit]

Rohit Sharma was born to Gurunath Sharma and Purnima Sharma in a Telugu-speaking family in Nagpur. His family originates from Andhra Pradesh. Rohit Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady of Vailankanni High School Borivali, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School Borivali[1] on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp.[2] He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments,[2] after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-20

He was later chosen for India's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and made his mark at the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, finishing among the top run-getters in the tournament.[3]

Playing career[edit]

List A[edit]

Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2006, at Gwalior.[4] It was his unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur in the same tournament,[5] that brought him into the limelight.[6] Performances for the India A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed, leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy,[6] although he did not make the final squad. This was before he had made his Ranji Trophy debut.[6] He was also selected for the Challenger Trophy.

First-class[edit]

Sharma at fielding practice.

Sharma made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in July 2006.[7] 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,[8] he scored 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat.[8] Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a half century in the final against Bengal.[9]

International[edit]

Sharma was first selected for the limited-overs matches on India's tour to Ireland in 2007. He made his One Day International debut against Ireland at Belfast,although he did not bat in the match.[10]

Sharma during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.

Sharma eventually made his mark at the international stage on 20 September 2007, when he led India to victory by scoring an unbeaten 50 (which came off 40 deliveries) against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[11] The win reserved India a berth in the semifinals of the tournament. At one stage India were 61–4, but his partnership of 85 runs with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to post a total of 153–5.[11] He was eventually declared Man of the Match.[11] Sharma then proceeded to score 30 runs off 16 balls in the final against Pakistan.[12]

Sharma scored his maiden ODI half-century against Pakistan, at Jaipur on 18 November 2007[13] and was selected as part of India's 16-man squad for the CB series in Australia.[14] Here, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties,[15] including his score of 66 in the 1st final at Sydney[16] partnering Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful runchase.

However, Sharma's ODI performances suffered a downturn after this and his middle-order position was taken over by Suresh Raina, and eventually, Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman.

In December 2009, Sharma scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy and was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar was being rested. However, Kohli and Raina were selected ahead of him in the playing eleven, and he did not play in any of India's five matches. In the meantime, he missed the Ranji Trophy final.

He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on 28 May 2010. He 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.

He was dropped from the Indian squad for 2011 World Cup.[17]

He was selected for the West Indies tour of 2011 after the IPL in a squad where senior batsmen such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and skipper MS Dhoni were rested, and Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir were out to injuries. The side was captained by Suresh Raina with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. He contributed 26 of 23 balls (2 sixes) in the only T20I at Queen's Park Oval and strung a 71-run partnership with Subramaniam Badrinath leading to an Indian victory.

In the ODI series that followed, he carried on with his form. The first ODI was also played at Queen's Park Oval. He had a 43-run partnership with left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, and then a 80-run partnership with skipper Suresh Raina. Rohit was elected man of the match for his 68 not out of 75 balls (3 fours, 1 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.

Injury prevents Test debut[edit]

Sharma was called into the Indian Test team in February as the only reserve batsman, and when V. V. S. Laxman failed to recover from an injury. Sharma was set to make his debut, but injured himself playing football in the warm-up on the first morning of the match. It was too late to bring in a replacement batsman, so the reserve wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha had to play as a specialist batsman.

Since then Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have overtaken him and made their Test debuts in the middle order. He was part of the squad selected to play in the Australian series.

International centuries and half-centuries[edit]

One Day Internationals[edit]

No. Score Balls S/R Against Pos. Venue Date Result
1 52 61 85.24  Pakistan 5 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India 02007-11-1818 November 2007 Lost[18]
2 70* 64 109.37  Sri Lanka 4 Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia 02008-02-1212 February 2008 Lost[19]
3 66 87 75.86  Australia 5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia 02008-03-022 March 2008 Won[20]
4 58 71 81.69  Pakistan 6 National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 02008-07-022 July 2008 Won[21]
5 114 119 95.79  Zimbabwe 4 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 02010-05-2828 May 2010 Lost[22]
6 101* 100 101.00  Sri Lanka 4 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 02010-05-3030 May 2010 Won[23]
7 69 73 94.52  Sri Lanka 4 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka 02010-06-2222 June 2010 Lost[24]
8 68* 75 90.66  West Indies 5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, West Indies 02011-06-066 June 2011 Won[25]
9 86* 91 94.50  West Indies 5 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, West Indies 02011-06-1111 June 2011 Won[26]
10 57 72 79.16  West Indies 5 Sabina Park, Kingston, West Indies 02011-06-1616 June 2011 Lost[27]
11 72 99 72.72  West Indies 5 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India 02011-11-2929 November 2011 Won[28]
12 90* 98 91.83  West Indies 5 ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India 02011-12-022 December 2011 Won[29]
13 95 100 95.00  West Indies 5 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 02011-12-055 December 2011 Lost[30]
14 68 83 81.92  Pakistan 4 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 02012-03-1818 March 2012 Won[31]
15 83 93 89.2  England 2 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 02013-01-2323 January 2013 Won[32]
16 65 81 80.24  South Africa 1 SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 02013-06-066 June 2013 Won[33]
17 52 56 92.85  West Indies 1 The Oval, London, England 02013-06-1111 June 2013 Won

Twenty20 Internationals[edit]

Rohit Sharma has an exceptional T20 record and is currently the player with Highest Average in World T20 with 60.60 in 12 matches til 2010.

No. Score Balls S/R Against Pos. Venue Date Result
1 50* 40 125.00  South Africa 5 Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa 02007-09-2020 September 2007 Won[32]
2 52* 45 115.55  Ireland 2 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 02009-06-1010 June 2009 Won[33]
3 79* 46 171.73  Australia 4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, West Indies 02010-05-077 May 2010 Lost[34]
4 53 34 155.88  South Africa 3 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa 02011-01-099 January 2011 Won[35]
5 55* 33 166.67  England 4 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 02012-09-2323 September 2012 Won

Indian Premier League[edit]

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.[36] He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72.[37] He also held the coveted Orange Cap for a brief period.

In the 2009 IPL season he was appointed 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 named the best Under-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 the captaincy won the 2013 IPL for the first time.

Season by season at IPL[edit]

IPL Batting Statistics of Rohit Sharma
Year Team Inns Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 4s 6s
2008 Deccan Chargers[38][39][40] 12 404 76* 36.72 147.98 0 4 38 19
2009 16 362 52 27.84 114.92 0 1 22 18
2010 16 404 73 28.85 133.77 0 3 36 14
2011 Mumbai Indians[41][42] 14 372 87 33.81 125.25 0 3 32 13
2012 16 433 109* 30.92 126.60 1 3 39 18
2013 19 538 79* 38.42 131.54 0 4 35 28
2008–2013 Total[43] 93 2513 109* 32.63 129.66 1 18 202 110

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