Rohit Sharma World Cup Career Have Glimpse of Every Indian cricket fan who witnessed April 2, 2011 as a watershed moment. On this day, MS Dhoni and his men ended the nation’s 28-year wait for the privilege to call themselves “world champions”. While the players were happy, hugging, crying, and celebrating with the trophy, ordinary Indians were out in the streets with dhols, sweets, and crackers.
While everyone else was celebrating, Rohit Gurunath Sharma would have been thinking about the missed opportunity, even though he would have no doubt cheered like any other Indian.
Winning the World Cup is every prospective athlete’s goal, especially on home soil.
Following his achievements at the 2007 T20 World Cup and the CB series in Australia, Rohit was tipped as the next big thing in Indian cricket, but he missed out on a World Cup spot due to his uneven performance.
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Rohit Sharma World Cup Career Turning Point
His narrative, however, was far from over. After being promoted to the top of the order in 2013, his career took a complete 180-degree turn.
There was no turning back after that, as Rohit unleashed his ‘Hitman’ mode to establish himself as one of the top ODI openers by the time the next World Cup rolled around.
During this time, he accomplished the unfathomable by scoring not one, but two double-centuries in one-day internationals, including a stunning 264 against Sri Lanka in November 2014.
Rohit Sharma World Cup Career (2015,2019)
Rohit had a decent World Cup campaign in 2015, with his innings of 137 (126) against Bangladesh in the quarter-finals being the highlight.
But it wasn’t until 2019 that Sharma finally established his authority on the World Cup stage, smashing century after century and obliterating records and bowling attacks for fun.
In cloudy Southampton, he began with a match-winning 122 in challenging batting circumstances against a formidable South African attack.
The Pakistanis were then subjected to his full fury as he decorated the historic Old Trafford stadium with his creative stroke play.
Rohit smashed 14 fours and three sixes in his 113-ball 140, becoming only the second Indian (after Virat Kohli) to achieve a century against Pakistan in World Cups.
Sharma extended his century-making streak at the end of the round-robin stage, amassing 102 (109) vs England, 104 (92) vs Bangladesh, and 103 (94) vs Sri Lanka to become the first batter in World Cup history to amass five tens in a single tournament.
However, his rare off day occurred during the knockout stage, and the campaign that had begun on such a joyous note ended in sorrow when the Men in Blue were eliminated from the tournament after losing to New Zealand in the semi-final.
Four years later, Rohit will captain the Indian team in a home World Cup, hoping for a fairytale finish to his bittersweet relationship with the showpiece event.
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| Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | Avg | S/R | 50/100 | HS | 4s | 6s |
| 17 | 17 | 2 | 978 | 65.20 | 95.97 | 3/6 | 140 | 100 | 23 |
Rohit Sharma World Cup Career Records
- 5- Most 100s in a single World Cup edition.
- 6- Has the joint-most 100s in World Cup history. Sharma has 6 tons in only 17 innings. Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar need 44 innings to achieve the same result.
- 3- Most 10os by an Indian in WC run-chases. In run-chase, no other Indian batter has scored more than one century.
- Third-most runs scored in a single World Cup edition. In 2019, Rohit scored 648 runs in 9 innings, averaging 81 runs per inning. Only Sachin Tendulkar (673 in 2003) and Matthew Hayden (659 in 2007) have achieved higher totals.
- 2- One of two Indian hitters to score a century in the World Cup knockout stages. In the 2015 event’s quarter-final, he scored 137 against Bangladesh.
Rohit Sharma World Cup Career Challenges (2023)
The joint second-fastest to 1000 runs
During the World Cup, Rohit has scored 978 runs in 17 innings. If he scores 22 or more against Australia on October 8th, he will tie Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar for the joint second fastest 1k+ run total.
The greatest number of 100s in World Cup history
Sharma has six hundreds in World Cups in just 17 innings, five of which came in the most recent edition.
He is now tied with Sachin Tendulkar for the most 100s scored by a hitter in World Cup history. With India scheduled to play at least nine games in the World Cup in 2023, he will have plenty of chances to break the all-time record.
