ROHIT SHARMA: THE JOURNEY FROM A YOUNG CRICKETER TO A KHEL RATNA AWARDEE -- A THREAD.

His first major tournament was the WT20 2007,a turning point for Indian cricket after the 2007 loss. He made people notice him with his brilliant innings of 50*(40) vs SA & 30*(16) vs Pak in the final. Everyone believed that this guy has what it takes to be a one of the greatest.

Next up was the CB series in Australia. In the first final vs Aus, Rohit proved his worth with a strokeful yet cautious 66-run knock and partnered with his inspiration, Sachin Tendulkar, to take India through the finish line.

Playing a world cup for your country is dream of every cricketer, but unfortunately Rohit Sharma was left out from the 2011 world cup squad. It was a huge setback for him and we all know how disappointed he was, but he had to move on.

A cricketer who was hailed as one of the best talents in the world, had invited criticism after repeated failures against Sri Lanka in 2012. People started questioning that why Captain and team management is still backing him? But HE DID NOT GIVE UP.

2013 CHAMPIONS TROPHY : THE TURNING POINT.

Dhoni showed faith in his abilities, since debut Rohit has played in middle order, but Dhoni sent him up the order to open the innings, and he took the opportunity with both hands and became the 2nd highest run scorer for India in Ct13.

2013 ODI SERIES VS AUS : THE HITMAN WAS BORN. A historical innings of 209 vs Australia was like answering everyone that why I was backed and HERE I AM. Scoring double hundreds is dream of many, this guy has done it THRICE. Absolute legend of the game.

After a long wait, Rohit got selected for the tests and made his test debut vs West Indies and he instantly made a huge impact by scoring two consecutive centuries and became the only 3rd Indian to score two centuries in his first two test matches.

A cricketer who was struggling in middle order made the highest score in an ODI (264). And also became the only player to score 4 T20I hundreds and has the highest score for India in T20I (118) and also won the ARJUNA AWARD in 2015.

G.O.A.T. of white ball cricket.

WORLD CUP 2019. People remember it for RO-HITMAN SHARMA. The disappointment from not getting selected in WC'11 egged him to work even harder and he came back stronger than ever. 5 CENTURIES IN A SINGLE EDITION and highest run scorer in WC19.

FAILS BUT NEVER DIES.

He proved everyone that he's the greatest opener in white ball cricket. Finally he got a chance to open the innings in tests vs SA, he hit a 100 in his very 1st innings & scored 200 in his 3rd match & became the only 4th batsman to score a 200 in both tests and ODIs.

He has scored more than 13000 runs in international cricket.
Only player to hit three 200s in ODIs.
Only player to hit 5 100s in a WC.
ICC ODI CRICKETER of the year 2019.
only player to hit 4 T20I 100s.

Stand up and salute to KHEL RATNA AWARDEE ROHIT SHARMA.