Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma has already shown his ability in the 20twenty world cup and become valuable asset for Indian batting line

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Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricket Player Rohit Padbanaban Sharma was born on April 30, 1987 at Bansod in Nagpur. Sharma is mainly a right-handed middle-order batsman. Sometimes he bowls right arm off-break, which is second string in his bow.

Early Life of Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was born in the state of Andra Pradesh to Telugu parents. His mother`s name is Purnima Sharma, who hails from Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh. Rohit completed his education from Our Lady of Vailankanni high school, Mumbai. Later on he was enrolled on scholarship in Swami Vivekanand International School. Right from a very young age he was successful in cricket, and that led to his selection to India Under-17 and Under-19 teams. He made a positive mark at 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He went to Rizvi College, Mumbai, but before he could complete his education, he was called up for national duty.

Career of Rohit Sharma
He plays for Mumbai and West Zone in first-class cricket. In Deodhar Trophy, 2006 he scored unbeaten 142 in123 balls. In the same year he smashed Gujarat by scoring 205 in 267 balls and helped to reach Mumbai in final in the Ranji Trophy. And in final also he hit a half century to defeat Bengal. He also impressed the selector by good performances in under-17 and under-19 cricket. In the recent Euro-Asia tournament he scored two half-centuries in three matches, including 62 against Pakistan. Due to the poor performance of Indian batsman in the world cup 2007 the selectors was looking for the new talent. As a result he was given chance for the limited over short tour to Ireland. But he did not match in the series.

Batting and Fielding Averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	72	68	16	1810	114	34.80	2287	79.14	2	11	125	21	26	0
T20Is	22	19	6	415	79*	31.92	327	126.91	0	4	33	18	8	0
First-class	46	67	8	3748	309*	63.52			12	16			33	0
List A	131	124	23	3729	142*	36.92	4523	82.44	5	21	304	56	48	0
Twenty20	102	96	18	2577	101*	33.03	1964	131.21	1	16	222	104	42	0

Bowling Averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	72	24	371	312	6	2/27	2/27	52.00	5.04	61.8	0	0	0
T20Is	22	3	36	53	1	1/22	1/22	53.00	8.83	36.0	0	0	0
First-class	46	38	912	504	10	3/23	3/76	50.40	3.31	91.2	0	0	0
List A	131	54	1079	908	26	4/28	4/28	34.92	5.04	41.5	1	0	0
Twenty20	102	43	546	683	26	4/6	4/6	26.26	7.50	21.0	1	0	0

In 2007 twenty20 world cup he gave some brilliant performances. He made a sparkling 50 in 40 balls against South Africa in a crucial time. Sharma also scored valuable 30 runs of just16 balls in the final against Pakistan, which supported India to gain a fighting total.

Rohit made his first ODI century at Jaipur, against Pakistan on 18th November 2007, and as a result was picked up for the Indian team to Australia to take part in the CB Series 2008. He scored a total of 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with two fifties under her belt, which included 66 runs at Sydney in the 1st finals, where he partnered Sachin Tendulkar for a successful run chase.

After his tournament in Australia, his performance suffered a great dip and his position at the middle order was taken by Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli.

Sharma made a triple century at a Ranji Trophy in the December 2009 and in virtue of which, he was recalled to the Indian squad for the ODI tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh. He did not get much opportunity as Raina and Kohli were preferred over him.

Against Zimbabwe Rohit scored 114 runs on 28th May 2010, and followed it up with another century against Sri Lanka on 30th May 2010, where he scored 101 not out. Due to his inconsistency he was dropped from 2011 World Cup.

Career in Indian Premier League for Rohit Sharma
Rohit was signed up by Deccan Charger for the first three years in Indian Premier League. He was one of the leading scorers in the 2008 IPL with 404 runs at an average of 36.72. He was also the winner of the coveted Orange Cap. In the 2011 IPL, Rohit was bought for $2m by Mumbai Indians.

IPL Batting Statistics of Rohit Sharma

Year	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
2008	Deccan Chargers	13	12	1	404	76*	36.72	273	147.98	0	4	1	38	19
2009	Deccan Chargers	16	16	3	362	52	27.84	315	114.92	0	1	0	22	18
2010	Deccan Chargers	16	16	2	404	73	28.85	302	133.77	0	3	1	36	14
2011	Mumbai Indians	10	8	3	382	87	56.4	215	131.16	0	2	0	23	12
	2008-2011 Total	55	52	9	1552	87	33.76	1105	131.4	0	10	2	119	63