Rohit Sharma IPL Profile

Rohit Gurunath Sharma is a well-known Indian international cricketer from India, who is also the current captain of India's men's cricket team in all formats. This opening batter was born on April 30, 1987, in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Sharma is regarded as one of the top players of his generation due to his exceptional batting talent, six-hitting ability and later on his managerial skills. 

This right-handed opener, who also bowls right-arm off-break occasionally, made his List A debut in March 2005 for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy at the age of 17. He soon impressed with his unbeaten innings of 142 runs in 123 balls against North Zone in the tournament and was given a chance to represent India A in Abu Dhabi against Australia the same year.

Sharma represented India at U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006, where they lost to Pakistan in the knockouts. He came into the limelight after he made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai in the 2006–07 season and scored 205 runs off 267 balls against Gujarat. Considering an abundance of noteworthy performances in domestic cricket, Rohit was subsequently selected for the ODI team for a match against Ireland in 2007 but remained on the bench. 

Sharma scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on May 2010. In the next tri-series game against Sri Lanka the same year, he scored another century. Notably, in ODI matches, he owns the record for the highest individual score (264 runs) and is the only to hit three double centuries in the format.

Sharma started opening the Indian innings with Shikhar Dhawan in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and soon became India's second most successful opening partnership, after Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. In December 2017, Sharma was appointed as a stand-in captain in place of Virat Kohli for Zimbabwe ODI series. India won that series 2–1. 

Amid a flurry of records, Rohit scored the highest number of runs in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, with five centuries and two half-centuries.

In the T20Is, Sharma played his first match against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World T20 and scored an unbeaten 50 from 40 deliveries and lifted the trophy after India defeated Pakistan in the final. 

In March 2018, he was asked to lead a second-string Team India in absence of Kohli at the Nidahas Trophy and the side famously won it with Dinesh Karthik hitting the famous last-ball six.

Rohit's Test career has been bit underwhelming as he often struggled to keep his spot in the team in the initial years. He made his Test debut in November 2013 but was removed from the team due to inconsistent performance. He was, however, chosen for the 2018–19 Australian tour and joined the first Indian squad to ever triumph in a Test series against Australia on Australian territory.

Sharma debuted in IPL in 2008 after being acquired by the Deccan Chargers. He also won his first IPL title with the outfit in 2009 with Gilchrist leading the team. He famously shot 22 runs in a final over against KKR to win a game as Chargers went on to win five games on a trot to reach the semis. Deccan Chargers also went on lifting the coveted IPL trophy in 2009.

In 2011, Mumbai Indians purchased him at IPL auctions and since then he has been a member of the franchise. During the 2013 IPL, Rohit took charge of MI from Ricky Ponting after the latter struggled to score runs. MI turnaround the season under his captaincy and went on to lift the title. 

MI went on to lift the IPL trophy record five times with him at the helm as Rohit also became the first Indian player to hit 250 sixes in the tournament. His captaincy success also paved way for him to become India captain in all formats by 2021 as Virat Kohli stepped down following lack of success in ICC tournaments.