Rohit Sharma has been at the forefront of Mumbai Indians and its success in the past decade. It was in 2013 when the Nagpur-born Rohit Sharma was made the Mumbai Indians captain mid-season in IPL 2013 after the team under Ricky Ponting had been floundering in the first half of the tournament.
Taking over the captaincy reins amid difficult times, Rohit Sharma turned the tide around for MI spectacularly, propelling the franchise to its maiden IPL title. Rohit Sharma and Mumbai Indians went on a roll after that and won 3 more titles in alternative years – 2015, 2017, 2019 – before, in the IPL 2020, becoming only the second team ever in the IPL to successfully defend their crown, and becoming the first team to win 5 IPL trophies.
As a captain and as a batsman, in both ways, MI Skipper has made significant contributions to the franchise and to the IPL.
Here are some stats and records of Rohit Sharma in the Mumbai Indians jersey:
Most runs for Mumbai Indians
Most 50s for Mumbai Indians
His 33 half-centuries for MI are the most hit by an MI batsman.
Only 4 MI batsmen have hit one century each in the IPL – Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Lendl Simmons, and Rohit Sharma .
Rohit Sharma has top-scored for Mumbai Indians in 4 IPL seasons – in 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2021 IPL
He also had the 2nd most runs for Paltan in IPL 2014, 2nd most runs for MI in IPL 2015, 3rd most runs for MI in IPL 2019, and 4th most runs for MI in IPL 2020.
2nd most sixes for Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma’s 205 sixes in the blue shirt is the second-most for the franchise, behind only Kieron Pollard, who’s smashed 258 sixes. Rohit’s 441 fours tally is the highest for MI.
Most Man of the Match awards for Mumbai Indians
Among the players, Hitman has been given the Man of the Match award the most number of times, including in the 2015 IPL final vs CSK.
In individual innings as well, Rohit Sharma has top-scored for Mumbai Indians the most number of times, 36, with the next best being Sachin Tendulkar, who top-scored 21 times for MI.
2nd highest number of catches for Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma has taken 77 catches in the IPL for MI, the second-most for the franchise after Pollard, who took 113 catches.
2nd most number of matches for Mumbai Indians
After Pollard’s 211 IPL matches for MI, he has played 191 IPL matches – captaining in 148 of them.
