Happy birthday Rohit Sharma: Here's a look at his achievements
Senior Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma celebrates his 32nd birthday today. The dashing opener started his international career aged just 20 when he made his ODI debut against Ireland in June 2007. Since then, he has become one the greatest ODI players in the history of the sport and his achievements speak volumes. Here's more.
Rohit has the distinction of three ODI double hundreds
Rohit is the only man, on this planet, to score three ODI double hundreds, with his personal best being 264. His 264 against Sri Lanka is also the highest individual score in the history of ODI cricket. Rohit also amassed 209 against Australia in 2013 and an unbeaten 208* against Lanka in 2017. All his ODI double hundreds have come on home soil.
Rohit in Dada's company with this special feat
Rohit holds the record of being only the second Indian to score a ton in the ICC World Cup knockout stage for India after Sourav Ganguly. Dada had scored a brilliant unbeaten 111 against Kenya in the semi-final of the 2003 World Cup. Rohit followed suit with a defining 137 against Bangladesh in the 2015 World Cup.
Rohit only batsman to score four T20I hundreds
Rohit is the only batsman in the world to score four hundreds in the T20I format. He amassed the feats against South Africa (2015), Sri Lanka (2017), England and West Indies (2018). Rohit has also scored hundreds in all three formats of the game.
Rohit boasts of these feats in the IPL
The ODI vice-captain is among four cricketers to have won the IPL with two different teams (Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians). He also has a bowling hat-trick for the Chargers in IPL. Recently, Rohit captained in his 100th match in IPL. He became only the fourth player to achieve this feat after MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli.
A look at his career feats
Rohit has scored 1,585 runs in 27 Test matches for India. He has amassed three hundreds and 10 fifties. The ODI maestro has a whopping 8,010 runs in 206 ODIs, with 22 hundreds. He has managed 2,334 runs in 94 T20Is.
