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Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is an India top-order batter whose three ODI double-centuries, five T20I hundreds and five IPL titles as Mumbai Indians captain sit alongside a carefully dated transition away from Tests and T20Is.
IndiaBorn 30 April 1987
Current statusRetired from Tests and T20Is; latest reviewed stats page lists an ODI on 19 July 2026. BCCI said on 7 May 2025 that he would continue in India’s ODI campaigns.
The verified profile
Rohit Sharma is an Indian right-handed top-order batter and former captain. He made his international debut in 2007, joined Mumbai Indians in 2011, led the franchise to five IPL titles, won the 2024 T20 World Cup as India captain, retired from T20Is in June 2024 and Tests in May 2025. The latest specialist profile reviewed lists him in an ODI through 19 July 2026.
Factual references: Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10How to read the player
Sharma’s career is best read through format-specific milestones rather than one blended total. The ODI record is defined by a highest score of 264 and three double-centuries; the T20I record ends with five hundreds and 4,231 runs; the Test record closes at 67 matches and 4,301 runs. His public-business record is kept narrow: one dated report documents an investment in LightFury Games with terms undisclosed.
Original analysis by Cricket desk · staged source-backed profile refreshCareer, life and public work
Every section and number below is tied to the named source ledger. Sport-specific statistics retain their stated scope and verification date.
Matches
Final Test career total reported by BCCI when retirement was announced; historical as of 2025-05-07.
Runs
Final Test career total; average 40.57 and 12 centuries in the same BCCI release; historical as of 2025-05-07.
Highest score
Career-best Test score in BCCI retirement release; historical as of 2025-05-07.
Matches / runs / highest score
ESPNcricinfo career table as displayed on the page fetched 2026-10-22; last listed ODI 2026-07-19.
Batting average
ESPNcricinfo career table; page fetched 2026-10-22, last listed ODI 2026-07-19.
Matches / runs / highest score
ESPNcricinfo career table; final T20I listed 2024-06-29.
Centuries
Final T20I career record; Mumbai Indians calls this the most by a batter in the format.
Double-centuries
Mumbai Indians profile record; historical record claim, not a live ranking.
Titles led as Mumbai Indians captain
Mumbai Indians retrospective; captaincy period stated as 2013–2023 in the existing dossier and franchise coverage.
Public background
Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian right-handed top-order batter who also bowls right-arm offbreak. The official and specialist records used here identify his birth date as 30 April 1987. This profile stays with public sporting facts and does not add private family, schooling or residence details.
Professional journey
Sharma entered international cricket in 2007, made his Test debut in 2013, and joined Mumbai Indians at the 2011 IPL auction. His most consequential white-ball role change was opening in ODIs, a move specialist coverage identifies as a turning point. He later captained Mumbai Indians through five IPL titles and led India to the 2024 T20 World Cup title. Read more from the [Cricket desk](/cricket) and compare his era with [Virat Kohli](/players/virat-kohli).
Playing career and records
The verified record combines scale with format boundaries: 264 is his highest ODI score, he has three ODI double-centuries and five T20I hundreds, and Mumbai Indians records five 2019 World Cup centuries. BCCI's final Test-career release records 4,301 runs, 12 centuries and a highest score of 212 in 67 Tests. Browse the [Players directory](/players) for other completed profiles.
Playing style and role
The sources support a description of a right-handed top-order batter whose international output became especially prominent as an opener. His record is not just a list of big scores: the move to the top of the ODI order and his later Test-opening role are documented changes in how he was used.
Setbacks and comebacks
This dossier does not turn every career change into a comeback story. The sourced record does show a long development from early international promise to established white-ball output and a later Test-opening role; it does not add an unsourced injury chronology or medical explanation.
Current career status
As of the latest dated evidence used here, Sharma is retired from T20 internationals (29 June 2024) and Tests (7 May 2025). BCCI's 2025 release said he would continue in India's ODI campaigns, while ESPNcricinfo lists his latest ODI as 19 July 2026. The latter is a dated page record, not a claim about selection beyond that match.
Public ventures and business
The clearest dated investment evidence in the reviewed scope is ETEntrepreneur's 24 August 2026 report that Sharma joined Bengaluru-based LightFury Games as an investor; the report says the investment size and terms were not disclosed. The reviewed CricKingdom website documents a global cricket academy platform but does not, on the fetched home page, establish Sharma's ownership or founder status. No wealth, salary or endorsement valuation is asserted.
Career timeline
Selected verified milestones
- International debut
ESPNcricinfo lists Ireland v India at Belfast as his ODI debut.
ESPNcricinfo - Joined Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians says he was acquired at the 2011 mega auction.
Mumbai Indians - Test debut
BCCI records his Test career from 2013; ESPNcricinfo lists the Test debut against West Indies at Eden Gardens.
Board of Control for Cricket in India - ODI score of 264
The 264 record is identified in the franchise record set and the specialist career table.
Mumbai Indians - T20 World Cup title and T20I retirement
ICC reports the title win and his confirmation that it was his final international in the format.
International Cricket Council - Test retirement
BCCI confirms the end of his Test career and says he would continue in India's ODI campaigns.
Board of Control for Cricket in India - Latest ODI listed in the reviewed stats page
ESPNcricinfo lists India v England at Lord's as his latest ODI on the page fetched 2026-10-22.
ESPNcricinfo
Achievement index
Source-linked reference points
ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2019
ICC awards page names Rohit Sharma as the winner.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020
Government of India National Sports Awards release names Rohit Sharma in cricket.
Arjuna Award for 2015
Government of India release records the award being conferred in September 2016.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup champion
Led India to the 2024 title before confirming the end of his T20I career.
Five IPL titles as Mumbai Indians captain
Franchise record identifies five MI titles during his captaincy; one additional IPL title came with Deccan Chargers.
Sources and method
What supports this profile
SportsHub4U writes verified facts in original language and links to the source pages used. Each link records the evidence reviewed for this dossier.
- 01Board of Control for Cricket in India
BCCI congratulates Rohit Sharma on a glorious Test Career
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 02ESPNcricinfo
Rohit Sharma player profile
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 03Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma Profile
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 04International Cricket Council
Title-winning skipper Rohit Sharma confirms retirement from T20 internationals
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 05International Cricket Council
ICC Awards of the Year 2019
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 06Press Information Bureau, Government of India
National Sports Awards 2020 announced
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 07Press Information Bureau, Government of India
Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane receive Arjuna Award from Sports Minister
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 08Wikimedia Commons
File: Rohit Sharma Batting.jpg
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 09ETEntrepreneur / The Economic Times
Rohit Sharma joins LightFury Games as investor ahead of game launch
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 10SportsHub4U
Rohit Sharma existing profile
Accessed 2026-10-22