Rohit Sharma, one of the greatest Indian batsmen of all time, has made many records in the cricket field. He is the current captain of the Indian cricket team in ODI and Test formats, while under his captaincy India won the 2024 T20 World Cup. Everyone knows that when he is in his zone, no bowler can stop him in any format. He is the only batsman to have 3 double centuries in ODIs. He is the fastest batsman to score a century in T20 as an Indian batsman. He holds the record for hitting the most sixes in international cricket. He holds the record for scoring the most centuries in a single World Cup edition. Rohit is not able to perform consistently well in all formats in bilateral series, but when ICC tournaments come, he becomes the best. But do you know about Rohit Sharma statistics in all formats? Today we are going to tell you about Rohit Sharma's stats, his records, his achievements and future expectations.
Leading run scorer & T20I WC winning captain
Rohit Sharma fans call him Hitman, as he devastated his opponents. His statistics are incredible. First of all, we are talking about the format which he left last year when India won the T20 World Cup. In this format, he scored 4231 runs in 151 innings including 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries. His average in this format has been 32.05. He made his T20I debut against England in 2007. It was a historical match where his former team partner Yuvraj Singh smashed 6 consecutive sixes in an over. He didn’t get a chance to bat but in the very next match against South Africa, he scored a fifty-run innings in 40 balls. He also received the player of the match award in that match. Thanks to Rohit, the Indian team won a must-win match and entered the semifinals. Rohit also played 30 runs in just 16 balls in the finals against Pakistan. Because of him, the Indian team reached 157 runs and won the match by 5 runs. He won 2 T20I World Cups out of 9 editions.
Why fans called him “Hitman”
In ODIs, we see the best version of Rohit Sharma, where he truly becomes the Hitman. He made his ODI debut against Ireland, but he got a chance to bat in the next match against SA where he scored 8 runs in 9 balls. For the first five years of his career, he was not a regular part of the ODI team, but when he got the chance he played some good innings. But everything changed for him in the year 2013. He got a chance to open in the Indian team against South Africa in the Champions Trophy. In this tournament, he scored 177 runs in 5 matches and became the second-highest run-scorer for Team India after his teammate Shikhar Dhawan. After this, he became the regular opener of the team. This year he scored his first ODI double century against Australia when he scored 209 runs. The next year he got injured and after 4-5 months, he made a comeback against Sri Lanka. That day, he played a brilliant innings of 264 runs. After this innings, he became the Hitman of the Indian team. In the 2015 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy, he scored 330 and 304 runs respectively. Meanwhile, he scored his third ODI double century against Sri Lanka. In the 2019 World Cup, he scored 648 runs with 5 centuries in the same World Cup edition while in the 2023 World Cup, he scored 597 runs with 1 century and 3 half-centuries. He scored 10866 runs in 266 matches including 3 double centuries, 31 centuries and 57 half-centuries at an average of 49.16. He just wants to continue his dominance in the upcoming ICC matches.
Will he come back in test format?
Rohit Sharma made his Test debut against West Indies in 2013 where he scored 177 runs in his first innings. After this, he became a regular Test player and in 2021, he became the captain of the team. He has so far scored 4301 runs in 116 innings including 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries and his average is 40.57. Against England in the 2024 home test series, he scored 400 runs in 9 innings including 2 centuries but his Test form went down after this series. He scored 42 runs in 4 innings against Bangladesh, 91 runs in 6 innings against New Zealand and 31 runs in 5 innings in the last Border Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. His critics wanted him to retire from Test cricket, but he worked hard in the Ranji Trophy. It will be interesting to see if he can perform his best again in the Test format or if he tried to take his last chance. After a few days, he will play in his favorite format. He wants to win another ICC tournament for the Indian team. He has already made sure that he wants the ODI World Cup, but the path to it will pass through the Champions Trophy.