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19 years, 4 ICC titles and countless records… how was the journey of ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma
Samira Vishwas | July 17, 2026 5:24 PM CST

Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma, who debuted in the year 2007, started as a young batsman and later became the most reliable opener and world-winning captain of Team India.

Rohit Sharma: The 19-year long international career of Rohit Sharma, one of the most successful batsmen of Indian cricket, is now at its last stage. According to reports, the third and last ODI match to be played against England at the historic ground of Lord’s could prove to be the last match of Hitman’s international career. Rohit’s career was full of achievements. Rohit, who made his debut in the year 2007, started as a young batsman and later became the most reliable opener and world-winning captain of Team India.

Rohit won 4 ICC titles in his career

Rohit Sharma won the first T20 World Cup in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After this, he was an important part of the Indian team that won the ICC Champions Trophy played hosted by England in 2013. After winning 2 ICC trophies as a player, he also created history as a captain. In 2024, under the captaincy of Rohit, the Indian team ended the 11-year ICC trophy drought by winning the ICC T20 World Cup title. Apart from this, in 2025, India won the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma International Career

Talking about the batting of Indian star opener Rohit Sharma, he has more than 20 thousand international runs in his name in all three formats combined. The Hitman has scored 4301 runs in 116 innings of 67 matches of Test cricket at an average of 40.58, which includes 18 half-centuries and 12 centuries. He has scored 11757 runs in 279 innings of 287 ODI matches. During this period, 62 half-centuries and 33 centuries have come from his bat.

At the same time, Rohit has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings of 159 T20 matches, which includes 32 half-centuries and 5 centuries. Rohit has already retired before T20 and Test. Now he is active only in ODI cricket, but now reports are claiming that he may soon retire from ODI cricket also.

Unbroken record registered in the name of Rohit Sharma

The dominance of 39-year-old Indian opener Rohit Sharma has been seen the most in ODI cricket. He has many historical and unbreakable records in his name in ODI cricket. Rohit is the only batsman in the world who has scored double century thrice in ODIs. Apart from this, the highest individual score of 264 runs in ODI cricket is recorded in the name of Hitman, which he made against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 2014.

At the same time, in the 2019 ODI World Cup, he created a new record by scoring 5 centuries in a single edition. Apart from this, Rohit also holds the record for hitting the most number of sixes in ODI cricket, so far he has hit 364 sixes in this format.


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