Rohit Sharma
RG Sharma is one of the most experienced batters in the dataset, having represented India Cricket and the Mumbai Indians across 745 matches in total and all four major formats. His primary format is the One-Day International, where he has scored 11,357 runs at an average of 50.25 from 271 appearances. That average is the clearest headline number in his record: it sits above 50 in the format he has played most. In the IPL he has contributed 7,185 runs from 270 matches at a strike rate of 132.56, and across everything he has accumulated 26,785 career runs. His last ten matches show two substantial scores alongside a run of more modest returns in the opening IPL fixtures of the 2026 season.

2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder
Recent form
Sharma's last ten appearances have been split between ODIs and the IPL, producing one score of 78 from 38 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders and 57 from 51 balls against South Africa in Ranchi, thoug
Strongest format
One-Day International — Sharma's ODI average of 50.25 from 271 matches is substantially clear of his Test average (40.58) and his T20I average (32.05), and his 11,357 ODI run
Career stats overview
66 Test · 271 ODI · 408 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
66 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
271 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
408 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
ODI average above 50 across 271 matches
Sharma's primary format is the one-day game, where he averages 50.25 from 271 matches with 11,357 runs at a strike rate of 92.33. That combination of volume and average puts him among the most consistent ODI openers in the data.
Strong record against West Indies
Across 62 matches against West Indies, Sharma averages 55.46 with 2,884 runs. That is his best batting average against any of the major Test-playing nations in the dataset, and it comes with an economy of just 4.72 with the ball.
Eden Gardens his most productive away base
At Eden Gardens, Sharma averages 49.32 from 27 matches, scoring 1,233 runs at a strike rate of 106.2. Those are better returns than at several venues he has visited more frequently.
IPL: 270 matches, strike rate of 132.56
His IPL record spans 270 matches and 7,185 runs at a strike rate of 132.56. The format demands a different gear from ODIs, and Sharma's numbers show he shifts comfortably, though his average drops to 30.06 at that pace.
745 matches across all formats
Sharma's career stretches to 745 matches in total, producing 26,785 runs at an overall batting average of 38.60. He has also taken 27 wickets across formats at an economy of 5.56.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams RG Sharma has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 84
- Runs
- 3,832
- Wickets
- 3
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 76
- Runs
- 2,871
- Wickets
- 1
West Indies
- Matches
- 62
- Runs
- 2,884
- Wickets
- 2
New Zealand
- Matches
- 58
- Runs
- 2,175
South Africa
- Matches
- 56
- Runs
- 2,119
- Wickets
- 3
England
- Matches
- 52
- Runs
- 2,460
- Wickets
- 1
Delhi Capitals
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,092
- Wickets
- 1
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 1,379
- Wickets
- 1
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where RG Sharma has turned out most often.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 98
- Runs
- 2,950
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 728
- Wickets
- 1
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 27
- Runs
- 1,233
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 913
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 750
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 828
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 783
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 877
- Wickets
- 1
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
RG Sharma's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Rohit Sharma — photo by Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India · source