Rohit Sharma
Indian cricketer
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2025 | Rohit Sharma expected to captain India in the Champions Trophy tournament |
March 2025 | Rohit Sharma plays 8 matches, scoring 302 runs with a highest score of 119, including 1 fifty and 1 hundred, maintaining an average of 37.75 and a strike rate of 108.24 |
2025 | Leads India to victory in the ICC Champions Trophy. |
February 2025 | Became the 2nd fastest player to score 11,000 runs in ODI Cricket, achieving the milestone in 261 innings at the ICC Champions Trophy in a group game against Bangladesh. |
2024 | Sharma was named captain of the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year, demonstrating his leadership in the T20 International format. |
2024 | Rohit Sharma appeared as a guest/himself on 'The Great Indian Kapil Show', a talk show on Netflix |
2024 | Removed as captain of Mumbai Indians, replaced by Hardik Pandya, sparking significant controversy among fans. |
2024 | Scored his second IPL century with 105 (not out) against Chennai Super Kings, ending a 12-year gap since his first century. |
November 15 2024 | Sharma and Ritika welcomed their second child, a son named Ahaan. |
August 2 2024 | Surpassed Eoin Morgan to have hit the most sixes in international cricket as captain. |
June 2024 | During a match against Ireland, achieved the milestone of hitting 600 sixes in international cricket across all formats. |
June 29 2024 | Led India to victory in the 2024 T-20 World Cup by defeating South Africa in the finals, and subsequently announced his retirement from T20 international cricket while confirming continued participation in ODIs and Test matches. |
May 2024 | Named captain of India's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. |
2023 | Leads India to victory in the Asia Cup in ODI format. |
October 22 2023 | Became the first Indian batter to hit 50 One Day International (ODI) sixes in a calendar year during a match against New Zealand. |
October 14 2023 | Became the first Indian to complete 300 sixes in the 50-overs format during an India-Pakistan match at Narendra Modi Stadium. |
October 11 2023 | Surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries in World Cup history by scoring his seventh century during a match against Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup 2023. |
October 11 2023 | Surpassed Chris Gayle's record for the most international sixes (553) during a Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan. |
October 8 2023 | Captained the Indian team for the first time in a Cricket World Cup match against Australia, becoming the oldest player to lead the Indian team in the tournament. |
October 27 2022 | Broke the record for most sixes by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups, previously held by Yuvraj Singh, hitting his 34th six against Netherlands at Sydney Cricket Ground. |
July 2022 | Became the first captain in T20I history to lead his team to 14 consecutive victories. |
July 2022 | Became the first Indian captain to lead the team to both T20I and ODI series wins in England, becoming the 3rd Indian captain to win an ODI series in England since 2014. |
February 2022 | Appointed captain of India's Test team, succeeding Virat Kohli, ahead of a two-match series against Sri Lanka. |
2021 | Sharma was selected by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his exceptional achievements during India's tour of England. |
2021 | Rohit Sharma was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year, highlighting his significant contributions in Test cricket. |
2021 | Had a successful home series against England, scoring a memorable century in the second Test, top-scoring with 161 runs including 18 fours and two sixes, helping India win by 317 runs. |
September 4 2021 | Scored his first overseas Test century with 127 runs against England at The Oval, also reaching the milestone of 3,000 runs in Test cricket. |
2020 | Received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and led Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL title. |
2020 | Receives the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the Government of India. |
2020 | Led Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL championship. |
2020 | Named vice-captain of India's Test team during the tour of Australia, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara. |
November 2020 | Nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award. |
January 2020 | Named as the ODI Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC). |
2019 | Led Mumbai Indians to their fourth IPL title and won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award. |
2019 | Wins ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award for scoring five hundreds in a single Cricket World Cup. |
2019 | Led Mumbai Indians to their fourth IPL championship. |
November 2019 | Became the most-capped Indian cricketer in T20Is in the opening match of the series against Bangladesh, playing his 99th match. In the next match, he became the first male cricketer for India to play 100 T20Is. |
October 2019 | Scored his 2,000th Test run and first double century in Tests during the third Test against South Africa, making 212 runs in the first innings. |
October 5 2019 | Became the first batsman to score two centuries in a match on his first appearance as an opening batsman during a Test match against South Africa. |
April 15 2019 | Appointed vice-captain of India's squad for the 2019 World Cup in England. In the opening match against South Africa, he scored 122 runs and reached 12,000 international cricket runs. |
March 13 2019 | Scored 56 runs in the fifth match against Australia, reaching 8,000 runs in one-day internationals in his 200th innings. |
January 12 2019 | Scored 133 in the opening match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, marking his 22nd century in one-day internationals. |
2018 | Led India to victory in the Asia Cup and the Nidahas Trophy. |
2018 | Recalled to the Test team for the tour of Australia after being out of the team since 2017-18, playing in the first Test in Adelaide and helping India achieve victory. |
2018 | Announced as the WWF-India Rhino Ambassador on World Rhino Day, committing to create awareness about rhino conservation after being inspired by Sudan, the last male northern white African rhino. |
December 30 2018 | Sharma and Ritika welcomed their first child, a daughter named Samaira. |
November 2018 | In a series against West Indies, Sharma scored his fourth T20I century, creating a new record for the most centuries by a player in T20I cricket. |
September 2018 | Led India to win the 2018 Asia Cup in the absence of many top players, defeating Bangladesh in the final. |
July 8 2018 | During a series in England, Sharma became the second Indian batsman after Virat Kohli to score 2,000 runs in T20I career and scored his third T20I century, equaling Colin Munro's record for most T20I centuries. |
March 2018 | Led Team India to win the Nidahas Trophy as captain. |
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