Rohit Sharma

At 36 years old, Rohit Sharma has this physical status:

Youth and domestic first-class career

In the Deodhar Trophy in Gwalior in March 2005, Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against the Central Zone. When West Zone defeated by 3 wickets with 24 balls remaining, Batting at number eight, he scored 31 not out. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja made their debuts in the same match. In 123 balls against North Zone at the Maharanna Bhupal College Ground in Udaipur, Sharma's unbeaten innings of 142 against North Zone, which brought him into the limelight. He traveled Abu Dhabi and Australia with the India A squad and was later included on India's 30-member probables list for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament, although he did not make the final squad.

In July 2006, Sharma made his first-class debut for India A against New Zealand A at Darwin against New Zealand A. India defeated by three wickets with 57 and 22 runs as India defeated by 3 wickets. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai in the 2006–07 season and scored 205 off 267 balls against Gujarat. Mumbai won the tournament after Sharma scored a half-century (57) in his second innings against Bengal.

Sharma has spent his entire domestic first-class career at Mumbai. In the Ranji Trophy against Gujarat in December 2009, he scored 309 not out for his highest career result. He was named team captain in October 2013, the year before Ajit Agarkar's retirement.

International career

Sharma made his Test debut at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against the West Indies in November 2013, scoring 177, the second highest score on debut by an Indian to Shikhar Dhawan (187). In the second Test at his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, he continued it with 111 (not out).

Sharma, who had been out of the Test team since 2017-18, went on the 2018-19 tour of Australia after receiving a recall earlier this year. M. S. Prasad, the chief selector, said the reason for his recall was because his natural game was suited to the bouncing Australian pitches. In an Indian victory, Sharma scored 37 and 1 in the first Test in Adelaide. During the first Test, he sustained a minor injury, which required him to miss the second Test in Perth. He recovered after being recalled for the third Test of the Boxing Day at Melbourne and scored 63 (not out) to help India defeat the Test and the series by a score. Sharma had to return to India for the birth of his daughter after the third Test.

Sharma scored his 2,000th run in Tests against South Africa in October 2019. In the first innings of the match, he scored 212 runs. During India's Test team's tour of Australia in 2020, Sharma was named vice captain of India's Test team, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara.

In 2021, Sharma had a fruitful home series against England. Instrumental in his team's comeback after losing in the first Test at Chennai, he scored a century, one that The Guardian described as "deserves to be named one of the finest this century." In an innings that featured 18 fours and two sixes, he put on 167 runs with Ajinkya Rahane for the fourth wicket while still making 161 runs in an innings that featured 18 fours and two sixes. India went on to win the Test by 317 runs. In both innings of Ahmedabad's low-scoring third Test, he top-scored for his team, with scores of 66 and 25 contributing to his team's victory. Sharma gathered 345 runs, the most for India, at an average of 58. On September 4, 2021, he scored his first overseas Test century, scoring 127 against England at The Oval, while also achieving the milestone of 3,000 runs in Test cricket.

In February 2022, Sharma was appointed captain of India's Test team, replacing Virat Kohli, ahead of a two-match series against Sri Lanka. Sunil Gavaskar lauded his leadership and Chetan Sharma, India's chairman of selectors, said: "We will prepare future captains under his guidance."

Sharma made his first appearance in the Cricket World Cup in March 2015 and played in eight matches for India in the 2015 tournament in Australia. India has reached the semi-final stage after being defeated by Australia. In the quarter-finals against Bangladesh, Sharma scored 330 runs in the tournament for one century and a 137.

Sharma was appointed vice captain of India's squad for the 2019 World Cup in England on April 15, 2019. He scored 122 runs in the first match against South Africa, marking his 12,000th appearance in international cricket. He followed it up with centuries against Pakistan, England, and Bangladesh. He was the first batsman to score five centuries in a single World Cup tournament, beating even more in a single World Cup tournament, and equalled Tendulkar's record for the most centuries (6) in all World Cup matches. Sharma won the ICC's Golden Bat award after a total of 648 runs in the tournament, making him the third Indian player to do so.

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

On 18 November 2007, he scored his second ODI half-century (52) against Pakistan in Jaipur, and was chosen for the Indian team to face the 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia. He played 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with two fifties, including 66 in the first final at Sydney, where he worked with Sachin Tendulkar for the bulk of India's lucrative run chase. His ODI results suffered a downturn, and he lost his middle-order position to Suresh Raina. Virat Kohli took over as the reserve batsman later in the game. He was recalled to the ODI team in Bangladesh in December 2009 after his triple century in the Ranji Trophy, as Tendulkar decided to rest in the series.

On May 28, 2010, he scored his second ODI century (114), a century later, in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka, with a score of 101 not out. He had a run of bad form in South Africa right before the 2011 World Cup, and as a result, he was kept out of India's squad for the tournament.

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

In 2012, he had a horrific loss of form and only scored 168 runs in the entire calendar year, with just a single half-century. Nevertheless, his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had faith in him, and his career was resurgent in 2013. In the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Dhoni decided to lift the bat order to open the innings with Shikhar Dhawan. The pairing was a success, with India winning the tournament and defeating hosts England in the final.

His good form continued in Jaipur and he scored 141 (not out) against Australia later this year. With 209 off 158 balls in Bangalore, he set a new world record for the most sixes (16) in a one-day international innings (since being defeated by Eoin Morgan of England with 17). Sharma, who was playing against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 13, 2014, set a new record for the highest score in a one-day international cricket at the World Cup, with 264 from 173 deliveries.

Virat Kohli, India's captain, was mainly preparing for the series against Sri Lanka in December 2017, which began in January 2018. Sharma was named team captain and India under his leadership, winning the series 2–1, their eighth straight series victory since defeating Zimbabwe in June 2016. Sharma scored 208 (not out) in his third ODI double-centuries by a player in this series, extending his record of ODI double-centuries by a player.

Sharma led India to win the 2018 Asia Cup in September 2018, defeating Bangladesh in the final after many key players, including regular captain Virat Kohli.

Sharma scored 133 runs in the first match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 12, 2019, but it was in vain as India lost by 34 runs. It was his 22nd century in one-day internationals. Sharma scored 56 runs in one-day internationals at Delhi on March 13, 2019, his fifth and final match of a home series against Australia. It was his 200th innings. He scored the most runs in ODIs by any batsman in 2019, with 1,490 runs in the calendar year, including 7 centuries.

Sharma was selected for the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award in November 2020.

Sharma became England's first Indian captain in July 2022, winning both T20I and ODI series titles. He was the third Indian captain to win an ODI series in England, and the first since 2014.

Sharma was included in the Indian squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty2020 and made his name by scoring an unbeaten 50 from 40 deliveries against South Africa in the quarter-finals. India won the match by 37 runs and then moved on to defeat Pakistan in the final after Sharma scored 30 runs (not out) from 16 deliveries.

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

Sharma scored the joint-quickest T20I century in 35 balls in December 2017, equaling David Miller's record. This was also his second century in Twenty2020 internationals.

Sharma became England's second Indian batsman after Virat Kohli, with a total score of 2,000 runs in a Twenty20 international career on July 8, 2018. He was the fifth batsman to achieve the feat; Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, and Shoaib Malik were among others who were not Kohli. During this period, he scored his third T20I century, equaling the previous record for the most T20I centuries held by Colin Munro.

He led Team India to victory the Nidahas Trophy under his captaincy in March 2018. In November 2018, he scored his fourth T20I century in a series against the West Indies, setting a new record for the most centuries played by a player in T20I cricket.

Sharma became India's mostcapped cricketer in T20Is in November 2019, in his 99th match. He became India's first male cricketer to play in 100 T20I cricket in the next match of the series.

Sharma was nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award in November 2020.

Sharma became the first captain in T20I history to lead their team to 14 straight victories in July 2022.

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