Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: The senior Indian cricketer has been receiving heartening birthday wishes since midnight.
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India white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma is celebrating his 34th birthday today. Currently leading defending champions Mumbai Indians in the ongoing 14th season of the Indian Premier League, Sharma must be enjoying the occasion as his team returned to winning ways via a 7-wicket victory against Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley Stadium yesterday.
In 376 matches across formats at the highest level in his 14-year career, Sharma has amassed 14,684 runs at an average and strike rate of 44.22 and 86.92 respectively. Sharma, who also has a combined total of 40 centuries and 77 half-centuries, is unequivocally a modern-day great in white-ball cricket.
Sharma’s stock rose to another level once he started opening the batting for India. Having first opened the batting in a T20I in 2009, it was only four years later when he was given an extended run at the top or the order.
In 236 innings across formats as an opening batsman, Sharma’s 10,672 runs have come at an average and strike rate of 49.63 and 95.65 respectively. It is worth mentioning that 35 out of Sharma’s 40 international centuries have come at the top of the order.
Most successful captain in the IPL, Sharma has led Mumbai to five titles – a feat no other captain has achieved till date. Having scored 5,445 runs in 201 IPL innings at 31.47 and 130.41, Sharma is the fifth-highest run-scorer in the biggest T20 league around the world.
Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma
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