On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, which is the highest individual score in ODIs and second in overall limited 50 over match.[12] He has also scored 106 against South Africa in Twenty20 Internationals and became the second Indian to score a century in all three formats.[13] He also won “T20 Innings of the Year Award” by ESPNCricinfo.[14] He is also the fastest batsman to score 100(35 balls) in T-20 against Sri Lanka.[15] He then became the only player in the world to score three double hundreds in ODIs.[16] As per Forbes India 2015 Top 100 celebrities in India, Sharma is listed 8th in terms of fame, 46th in terms of income and 12th overall.[17] In November 2018, he became the first cricketer to score four centuries in T20 international cricket
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer who is the vice-captain of the India national team in limited-overs formats.[3][4] He is a right-handed batsman and was an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.[5] Rohit Sharma has won the IPL title as a skipper four times for Mumbai Indians.[6]
Having started his international career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly came to be pegged by many analysts as a permanent fixture in the Indian cricket team in the next decade.[7] He made his ODI debut on 23 June 2007 against Ireland.[8] In 2013, he started playing as an opening batsman for India ODI team and performed consistently. He scored consecutive centuries in his first two Test matches against the West Indies in November 2013, scoring 177 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on debut, followed by a score of 111* in the next Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.[9][10] He played 108 ODIs before playing his maiden Test.[11]
Individual records[edit]
- On 13 November 2014, Sharma became the highest individual ODI scorer with 264 runs against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He, on that day, also became the only player to hit more than one double centuries in ODI[55] cricket match
- Sharma broke the record set by Shane Watson for Most runs from fours and sixes in an innings by scoring 186 runs in boundaries[135]
- With 33 fours, Sharma hit the most number of fours in an ODI innings.[136]
- On 11 October 2015, he scored 150 in Kanpur against South Africa, making it the highest ODI score in Kanpur
- Sharma has the second highest number of sixes, 16 (after Eoin Morgan, 17), in an ODI innings.[137]
- On 12 January 2016, Sharma scored 171* against Australia in a one-day international between India and Australia at Perth. This is the highest score by a visiting batsman against Australia in Australia. The previous top score against Australia in Australia was Viv Richards’ 153 not out at the MCG in 1979–80.[138]
- On 13 December 2017, Rohit scored 208* against Sri Lanka to register his 3rd ODI double-century of his career, becoming the only batsman to score three double centuries in ODI history.[139]
- Highest scorer in ODIs in 2017 with his knock of 208*.[140]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2018 with his knock of 162[141]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2017 with his knock of 208*[140]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2016 with his knock of 171*[142]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2015 with his knock of 150.[143]
- Highest scorer in ODIs in 2014 with his knock of 264.[144]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2014 with his knock of 264.[144]
- Highest scorer in ODIs in 2013 with his knock of 209.[145]
- Highest scorer for India in ODIs in 2013 with his knock of 209.[145]
- Rohit Sharma is the only man to score 150+ score in ODIs seven times breaking David Warner‘s and Sachin Tendulkar‘s record[146]
- Rohit Sharma is the only player to Score 7 150+ in ODIs.[147]
- Rohit Sharma is the only player to score 150+ runs and take 3 catches in an ODI match.[148]
- Rohit Sharma is the only Indian Batsman who has outscored the opposition at two different occasion in a completed ODI match.[149]
- Rohit Sharma became the second player to hit two 150+ scores in an ODI series after Hamilton Masakadza against Kenya at home in 2009.[150]
- On 1 November 2018, he hit his 200th six in ODIs, becoming the quickest to achieve this feat in terms of number of innings (187).[151]
- Second Indian captain to score a double century in ODIs after Virender Sehwag.[152]
- Fastest Indian opener and the second fastest opener in the world to 5000 ODI runs. He took 102 innings to do so, only behind Hashim Amla who took 100 innings to achieve the milestone.[153]
- Fastest Indian opener and the second fastest opener in the world to 4000 ODI runs. He took 83 innings to do so, only behind Hashim Amla who took 79 innings to achieve the milestone.[154]
Most runs in a calendar year[edit]
- Second most ODI runs in 2013 by an indian cricketer.[155]
- Second most ODI runs in 2016 by an indian cricketer.[156]
- Second most ODI runs in 2017 by any cricketer.[157]
- Second most ODI runs in 2018 by any cricketer.[158]
T20 Internationals[edit]
Individual records[edit]
- On 6 November 2018 he became the first batsman to score 4 centuries in T20I’S with his knock of 111 off 61 balls.
- On 2 October 2015, Sharma became the second Indian to make a century in T20I cricket, thus becoming the highest scorer in a single T20I innings for India. He scored 106 off 66 balls. This record was broken when K. L. Rahul scored 110* against West Indies on 27 August 2016. Sharma reclaimed it on 22 December 2017 by scoring 118.[159] Sharma became the second Indian after Suresh Raina to have scored a century each in each of the three forms of International Cricket.
- Rohit sharma is the only Indian to score a T20Is century as a captain.[160]
- Rohit became only the fifth player to score 2 international T20I centuries after Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis and Colin Munro. His knock of 118 was also the highest individual score by an Indian cricketer in T20Is.
- On 22 December 2017, against Sri Lanka, Rohit scored his 2nd T20I century of his career and the joint fastest century with David Miller in T20 International cricket (35 balls).[161]
- 91.52 – Percentage of runs scored in boundaries by Rohit – 108 out of 118. This is the highest for any T20I innings of 30 or more balls. The previous highest was 88.52% by Paul Stirling against Canada in 2012, when he hit 54 out of 61 runs in boundaries.[162]
- Second highest scorer in T20I in 2018 with his knock of 111*.[163]
- Second highest scorer in T20I in 2017 with his knock of 118.[164]
- Highest scorer in T20I for India in 2017 with his knock of 118.[164]
- Third highest scorer in T20I in 2015 with his knock of 106.[165]
- Highest scorer in T20I for India in 2015 with his knock of 106.[165]
- Most number of sixes (i.e. 10) by an Indian batsman in T20Is.[166][166]
- Most number of fours by an Indian batsman in T20Is (i.e. 12) in an innings, he did it twice.[167]
- 4 hundred in T20 international match with West Indies
- He became the first and the only batsman in the world to score 4 T20Is centuries, surpassing Colin Munro.[168]
- He also holds the record for having most number of 50+ scores in T20Is 19.[169]
- In November 2018, he became the leading run scorer in T20Is for India surpassing Virat Kohli.[170]
- He is the only batsman to hit 2 T20Is centuries while captaining the team.
- Rohit Sharma is the only player to score 100+ runs and take 3 catches in a T20I match.
- Most sixes for India in T20Is.[171]
- Only Indian Captain to score a century in T20Is.[172]
- Rohit Sharma becomes 1st Indian to hit 300 sixes in T20 cricket[173]
- Rohit Sharma is the highest run scorer for India in T20I’S.
- Most number of ducks by an Indian in T20 Internationals.(6)[174]
- Rohit Sharma is the only Indian and second in the world to hit three T20Is centuries.[175]
- Rohit Sharma holds the record of hitting most number of T20Is centuries that is a total 4 centuries.[18]
- Rohit Sharma is the highest run getter of T20I of all time after his knock of 50 in the second T20I against New Zealand in 2019 at Eden Park in New Zealand . He surpassed New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptil to earn the achievement.[176]
- Rohit Sharma become first Indian to hit 100 sixes and third in the world after Chris Gyle and Martin Guptil.[177]
Other unique records[edit]
- With 71 sixes, Sharma hit the most number of the sixes in a year (2018).[178]
- First person to score a century in all formats of the game in a single tour.[179]
- Rohit Sharma is the fastest Indian and second fastest in world to hit 300 international sixes.[180]
- A hat-trick in the Indian Premier League[104]
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