Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: India's Hitman turns 33

By Benson | Updated: April 30, 2020 17:39 IST2020-04-30T17:38:26+5:302020-04-30T17:39:15+5:30

Star batsman Rohit Sharma is celebrating his 33rd birthday today. Rohit is popular among the fans by the name of Hitman.

Rohit Sharma, who has scored 4 double centuries (1 Test, 3 ODIs) in international cricket, had once started his career as a bowler.

Dinesh Sharma, Rohit Sharma's childhood coach, explains, 'At the age of 12, I was watching him as a bowler. Once in 2000, when I entered the ground, I saw a child knocking the ball. The face of his bat was coming good. I came forward and saw Rohit.

Sri Lanka's junior team visited India in 2005. In this 50 overs match, the finger of Rohit Sharma's right hand got fractured. Rohit could not grip the ball properly because of this. With this, Rohit's career as a bowler ended.

This batsman, who made history by scoring 3 double centuries in ODI cricket, is also the highest scorer in this format. Rohit Sharma had scored 264 against Sri Lanka in November 2014. During this time he faced 173 balls and hit 33 fours and 9 sixes.

A look at his career: Rohit Sharma, who started his international career in June 2007, has scored 2141 runs in 53 innings of 32 Tests with 7 not out. During this time he has scored 6 centuries, 1 double century and 10 fifties.

If we talk about 224 ODI matches, then Rohit has scored 9115 runs while remaining unbeaten 32 times. In ODIs, Rohit has scored 29 centuries, 3 double centuries and 43 fifties.

He has scored 2773 runs in 108 T20 matches. If you look at the IPL statistics, he has scored 4898 runs in 188 matches with the help of 1 century and 36 fifties.

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