Rohit Sharma was named the full time skipper of the Indian cricket team in all three formats after Virat Kohli stepped down from the role in 2021 following the T20 World Cup exit.
Rohit, who made his national team debut in 2007, is no stranger to captaincy as he has led Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians to five titles and has also stepped in as the captain when the regular skippers missed the match or a tournament.
Since taking over the role, Rohit has created many records. The opening batter from Mumbai has donned the captain's role even before the current stint as well. He was first handed over the captaincy in 2017. He also led India to the 2018 and 2023 Asia Cup titles.
While he has led the national team in 100 matches, Rohit has been the most successful in white-ball as he has captained the Indian team the most in T20Is and ODIs. He has a winning percentage of well over an average of 50 overall in internationals.
Rohit has scored over 2000 runs, including 13 fifties, three hundreds and one double hundred in 45 matches as captain in ODIs. Overall, he has scored over 10000 runs in over 250 ODI matches. He has struck 54 fifties and has 31 scores of over a hundred, including three double hundreds.
Rohit, who made his ODI debut back in 2007, is the only batter to have scored three double centuries in the 50 over format and is enjoying his stint as the ODI captain of the Indian team.
He is also the third in the list for most hundreds in ODIs, only behind Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, who take the top two spots for most hundreds in ODIs with 49 and 47 hundreds respectively.
Rohit has led India in nine World Cup matches and has emerged victorious in all the games as captain so far, scoring 503 runs, including 1 century and 3 fifties, at an average of 55.89. He has smashed 24 sixes and 58 fours. Plus, he has also claimed one wicket as captain in ODI World Cup.
Rohit has led India in several bilateral series, leading the team to many white-washes and series victories. He has also led the Indian side to two Asia Cup triumphs in ODI format.
In over 30 innings as captain, Rohit has scored over 2000 runs, including four hundreds (a double ton) and 12 fifties. He is close to milestone for maximums scored as a captain in the format. Here are his number as captain:
The Indian opener has amassed over 10000 runs in One Day Internationals. He has the third most centuries in the 50-over format and also the third most sixes in ODIs. He is the only batter to score three double centuries in the format. Here is a look at Rohit's ODI stats:
Versus | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Winning % |
Sri Lanka | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.89 |
Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 |
Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
West Indies | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Nepal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Captain | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Winning % |
MS Dhoni | 200 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 59.52 |
Mohammed Azharuddin | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 54.16 |
Sourav Ganguly | 146 | 76 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 53.90 |
Virat Kohli | 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 70.43 |
Rahul Dravid | 79 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
Kapil Dev | 74 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 54.16 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 73 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 35.07 |
Rohit Sharma | 45 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 77.27 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 37 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
Ajay Jadeja | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 |
Kris Srikkanth | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
Suresh Raina | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 54.54 |
Virender Sehwag | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
Ravi Shastri | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
KL Rahul | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
Gautam Gambhir | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Bishan Singh Bedi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Ajinkya Rahane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Hardik Pandya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
Ajit Wadekar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mohinder Amarnath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
Syed Kirmani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anil Kumble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
GR Vishwanath | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |