Rohit made his debut against Ireland
Indian cricket team captain and world cricket’s Hitman, Rohit Sharma has completed 17 years in international cricket today on 23 June. It is worth noting that on this day in 2007, Rohit made his international debut against Ireland.
Rohit Sharma first played ODI cricket for the Indian team and then T20 and Test. On this special occasion of Rohit Sharma’s career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has also shared a video, which is rapidly going viral on social media. In this video, ICC has shown some of the best shots of Rohit Sharma’s cricket career.
Watch this video shared by ICC
17 YEARS OF THE GREATEST SIX HITTER IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.
– Rohit Gurunath Sharma 🥶 pic.twitter.com/DmzL00obE5
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 23, 2024
On the other hand, if we tell you about Rohit Sharma, then he is currently seen captaining the Indian team in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India has made it to the Super 8, and is also considered a strong contender to reach the semi-finals.
However, as a batsman, Rohit Sharma has not shown anything special in the T20 World Cup so far. Rohit has scored only 99 runs in the five matches played. So now he will be seen playing against Australia in Team India’s last Super 8 match on June 24. Also, let us tell you that Rohit is the player who has hit the most sixes (195) in T20 International cricket.
A look at Rohit Sharma’s cricket career
If we talk about Rohit’s cricket career, then in his 17-year cricket career, Rohit has played 59 Tests, 262 ODIs and 156 T20 matches for Team India. Rohit has 4138 runs in Tests, 10709 in ODIs and 4073 runs in T20 cricket.