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Best Birthday Wishes for Rohit Sharma: Mumbai Indians, Ravi Shastri and fans wish Hitman on 33rd Birthday

Dixit Bhargav
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Best Birthday Wishes for Rohit Sharma: Mumbai Indians, Ravi Shastri and fans wish Hitman on 33rd Birthday

NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND – JANUARY 23: Rohit Sharma of India plays a shot during game one of the One Day International series between New Zealand and India at McLean Park on January 23, 2019 in Napier, New Zealand. (Photo by Kerry Marshall/Getty Images)

Best Birthday Wishes for Rohit Sharma: The senior Indian cricketer has received plentiful heartening wishes on his Birthday.

India limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has turned 33 today. Had it not been for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Sharma would have been captaining Mumbai Indians in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League.

Having made his limited-overs debut in 2007, Sharma received plentiful chances despite mediocre performances in the initial years of his international career. It was only after opening the batting on a permanent basis from 2013 that Sharma turned the tables on his international career.

In 140 matches as an ODI opener, Sharma has amassed 7,148 runs at an average of 58.11 and a strike rate of 92.36 including a staggering 27 centuries and 31 half-centuries. It is worth mentioning that Sharma has scored the most ODI runs by an opening batsman in the last decade.

Having scored 2,773 runs in 103 T20Is at an average of 32.62 and a strike rate of 138.78 including an astounding four centuries and 21 half-centuries, Sharma is the second-highest run-scorer in the format.

Sharma, who was handed the captaincy at Mumbai Indians in 2013, has led them to an amazing four IPL titles since then. In 188 IPL matches, Sharma has scored 4,898 runs at an average of 31.60 and a strike rate of 130.82 including a century and 36 half-centuries.

Sharma, who was part of a start-stop Test career, seemed to have cemented his place in the format last year before missing the Test series in New Zealand due to an injury earlier this year.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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