Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats. Sharma made his Test debut in November 2013, during Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell series and scored 177, the second-best score on debut by an Indian behind Shikhar Dhawan. He made his first appearance in the 2015 Cricket World Cup and played in the semi-final stage where they were defeated by Australia.
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Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats. Sharma made his Test debut in November 2013, during Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell series and scored 177, the second-best score on debut by an Indian behind Shikhar Dhawan. In October 2013, upon the retirement of Ajit Agarkar, he was appointed team captain ahead of the 2013–14 season. As of 2 February 2020, Sharma had played in 364 international matches and scored 39 centuries. He made his first appearance in the 2015 Cricket World Cup and played in the semi-final stage where they were defeated by Australia. In March 2019, in the third Test against South Africa, Sharma scored his first double century in Tests and his 2,000th and his run and his first run in the IPL. Sharma is the official Rhino Ambassador for WWF-India and is a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He has worked with PETA in its campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless cats and dogs in India. Sharma joined a cricket camp in 1999 with his uncle’s money. His coach at the camp was Dinesh Lad who asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School where Lad was the coach and which had better cricket facilities. He excelled in the Harris and Giles Shield school cricket tournaments, scoring a century on debut as an opener.
Sharma has spent his entire domestic first-class career at Mumbai. In December 2009, he made his highest career score of 309 in the Ranji Trophy against Gujarat. He was included among India’s 30-member probables list for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament although he did not make the final squad. He scored a half-century in his second innings in the final against Bengal. He recovered from a minor injury which saw him miss the first Test in Perth for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne and scored 63 for the Test and win both Test and second Test. He played in India’s third Test and fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide and scored 330 runs in the second innings of the match. Sharma played in an Indian ODI against Australia at Adelaide in January 2013 and scored 37 in the first innings. He missed the second Test in Adelaide to return to India for the return of his daughter for the birth of his second child in October 2019. He also played in Australia in the 2014 World Cup where they defeated Australia by eight runs in semi-finals and reached the final stage of the tournament where they reached the semi final stage. Sharma scored 212 runs in first innings of India’s first innings in March 2015, where they beat Australia by 330 runs. He had been out of the Test team since 2017–18, Sharma went on the 2018–19 tour of Australia after he had earned a recall earlier.
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