Rohit Sharma Turns 38: Cricketer's Journey, Career Stats And Records
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Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: The cricketer captained MI to five IPL titles before taking over the reins full-time for India back in November 2021.
Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: One of the finest batters of this era, Rohit Sharma celebrates his birthday on April 30. The ever-graceful right-handed batter, whose effortless batting style continues to mesmerise cricket lovers, turns 38.
Renowned as 'Hitman' for his remarkable hitting ability, Rohit holds a great place in the hearts of his passionate fans, who must be thrilled to see him back in form in IPL 2025.
Over the years, Rohit has proven himself as a successful all-format player while also leading IPL franchise Mumbai Indians and his country to great heights on the field as captain. Rohit captained MI to five IPL titles before taking over the reins full-time for India back in November 2021.
He helped India transform their traditional approach to a more aggressive one, with the skipper leading the way in his team's successive ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy 2025 victories. Under his captaincy, India also reached the finals of the 2023 World Test Championship and ICC World Cup.
Rohit Sharma's Journey
Coming from a humble background, Rohit's initial journey was full of hardships as he had to live away from home with his grandparents in Borivali, Mumbai due to the family's financial struggles.
To pursue his education and cricketing dreams together, Rohit had to stay apart from his parents Gurunath and Purnima Sharma as a growing child. Living in Borivali allowed Rohit to join a cricket club and train for adequate hours under right guidance.
Identified early as a special talent by coaches in Mumbai, Rohit soon got a chance to play junior cricket under MCA and BCCI wings and impressed with an encouraging run at the 2006 ICC U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka with 205 runs in six innings.
Rohit also got a chance to make his first-class debut for India A before even turning up for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy when he played against New Zealand A in Darwin in July 2006.
He was awarded his maiden international cap for India in Belfast the very next year against Ireland and soon emerged as one of the heroes of the memorable 2007 T20 World Cup win.
Rohit Sharma's Career Stats
Rohit Sharma has played 67 Tests for India with 4,301 runs at an average of 40.57 and 12 hundreds. The batting giant has been a mighty fine player in the One-Day Internationals where he has recorded 11,168 runs from 273 games at a strike-rate of 92.80 and an average of 48.76.
Before his retirement from T20Is last year, Rohit turned up in the format 159 times and produced 4,231 runs at a strike rate of 140.89. He has also scored 6,856 runs in his IPL career.
Rohit Sharma's Records
Rohit has achieved several landmarks, including the record for most centuries in a single edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup with his five hundreds at the event's 2019 edition in England.
He also produced the joint-most five centuries in T20Is before calling quits and has been a six-hitting machine, sending the ball out of the park for the record most number of times in Test, ODI and T20Is combined. Rohit also became the second-fastest to 10,000 ODI runs last year behind only teammate and legend Virat Kohli.
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