With the victory in the T20 World Cup 2024, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said goodbye to this format. In the press conference, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 International. In the final of T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 runs.
Rohit Sharma had a great career in T20 International. He is currently the highest run-scorer in T20 International. Rohit made his T20 International debut against England on 19 September 2007. In a 17-year long career, Rohit played many memorable innings. So let's look at Rohit Sharma's performance in T20 International cricket from debut to retirement.
| Format | T20I |
| Matces | 159 |
| Innings | 151 |
| Not Outs (NO) | 11 |
| Runs | 4231 |
| Higd Score | 121 |
| Average | 31.34 |
| Balls Faced | 3003 |
| Strike Rate | 140.89 |
| Hundreds | 5 |
| Fifties (50) | 32 |
| Fours (4s) | 383 |
| Sixes (6s) | 205 |
Rohit was selected in the national team for the first time in India's tour of Ireland in 2007. He started his international career with an ODI against Ireland in Belfast but did not get a chance to bat. He then batted in the next match against South Africa and scored only eight runs.
He made his T20 debut against England in Durban during the T20 World Cup in 2007, although he did not get a chance to bat again. He was included in the game at the last minute but due to Yuvraj Singh's injury, Rohit got a chance to play against South Africa and in this match he scored an unbeaten 50 and won the 'Man of the Match' award.
Rohit then made his Test debut against West Indies in Kolkata in 2013. He scored 177 runs in his innings in this match, which is the highest score of his Test career so far.
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Rohit Sharma made his debut in T20 cricket for Team India in the year 2007. He scored 4231 runs in 159 matches in T20 International cricket, which includes 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries. However, he will continue to play Tests and ODIs. Rohit Sharma was part of the team that won the T20 World Cup in 2007. Rohit is the only player from India who has won two T20 World Cups for India. Along with this, Rohit Sharma is the only cricketer in the world who has won the T20 World Cup as a player and as a captain.
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Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh are often remembered as the star performers of the team that won the T20 World Cup 2007. T20 World Cup 2007 is also remembered as the beginning of Dhoni's captaincy era, but many Indian cricket fans are not much aware that if Rohit Sharma had not played a half-century innings for the team in the Super 8 match against South Africa in 2007, the team might not have qualified for the semi-finals.
By playing an unbeaten innings of 50 runs off 40 balls in his first innings of international T20 cricket, Rohit Sharma played an important role in taking Team India to a respectable score of 153 runs at the end of the innings. Due to which Team India defeated South Africa by a big margin in the match and qualified for the semi-final stage.
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The second best innings of Rohit Sharma's T20 international cricket career was seen against Sri Lanka in the year 2017. In that match, Hitman scored an innings of 118 runs. Rohit Sharma faced just 43 balls to play a century innings of 118 runs. During that innings, he hit 12 fours and 10 sixes. Rohit Sharma completed his century in just 35 balls in this innings, which was the fastest century in the international T20 format for a long time.
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One of Rohit Sharma's brilliant T20 International innings was also seen in the year 2018. In the third match of the T20 series against England in 2018, Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs in 56 balls for Team India and played an important role in Team India winning its first T20 series on England's soil. Due to which Rohit Sharma was also awarded the Man of the Series award for this T20 series.
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After Rohit Sharma's defeat in the semi-final match against England in the T20 World Cup 2022, the BCCI did not give him a chance in the squad selected for any series for the Indian team in the next 14 months in international T20 cricket, but in early 2024, Rohit Sharma was selected as the captain for the 3 T20 match series against Afghanistan.
The first two matches against Afghanistan did not go well for Rohit Sharma as a batsman and Rohit was returning to the pavilion on a score of 0 in the first two matches. In the third match of the T20 series, Rohit Sharma played an innings of 121 runs against Afghanistan. This innings is the biggest innings of his international T20 career. The importance of Rohit Sharma's innings in this match also increases because the other 4 batsmen of the team could not even cross the 5-run mark in this match personally, but after that, while maintaining a partnership with Rinku Singh, Team India finally gave Afghanistan a clean sweep in the match as well as the series.
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Talking about the fifth best innings of Rohit Sharma's T20 International career, it also includes the innings of 92 runs played against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Rohit Sharma scored 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes in this innings. By defeating a big team like Australia in the Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team topped its group and qualified for the semi-final stage.
Thanks to this innings, Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian captain to win the Man of the Match award as a captain in the T20 World Cup. By defeating Australia in this match, Rohit Sharma not only knocked the team out of the Super 8 stage but also avenged the defeat against Australia in the final match of the World Cup 2023.
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