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Happy birthday to one of the greatest openers of all time, the rise of Rohit since 2013 had no stopping as a batsman & captain, whatever he touches, turns out to be gold so here is a special thread on Rohit's road in cricket on his special birthday.

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Rohit Sharma was born in a poor family but he worked really hard in his young days with the help of few coaches, he made his mark in the 2006 U-19 World Cup for India by scoring 205 runs in 6 matches including 3 fifties.
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The career of Rohit Sharma got the breakthrough with a hundred in the Interstate T20 tournament in 2007 which lead to his India call in the T20 World Cup.

This was the first hundred by an Indian in a T20 match.

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Rohit Sharma made his ODI debut in June,2007 vs Ireland but his real impact came in the T20 World Cup with the knocks against South Africa in the virtual quarter-final & Pakistan in the final which played a important role in the title win for India.

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Followed by the T20 World Cup, he played a vital role in the CB series in Australia with 235 runs including 2 fifties. He scored 66 runs in the first final with 123 runs partnership with Sachin Tendulkar.

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(5/11)

Rohit Sharma didn't had great times since then with inconsistency not getting place as there were legends in the team already but he scored twin hundreds in 2009 Ranji Trophy final against Uttar Pradesh lead by the bowling unit of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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(6/11)

He was dropped from the 2011 WC, he had tough times in 2012 but ever since he was made an opener and was looking back for Rohit Sharma the limited over player, he dominated everything and is arguably one of the greatest ODI openers of all time.

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(7/11)

Rohit Sharma was made captain of MI in 2013 when team was going through one of their toughest times in the league history, before they didint win a single IPL but ever since Rohit came, there wasn't no looking back for the team by winning five IPL.

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(8/11)

The best moment of Rohit Sharma's career came in 2019 World Cup, 5 hundreds in an ICC tournament, leading run-scorer but the dream was diminished in the semis. I've not seen more heartbreaking face from a cricketer from a very long time.

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(9/11)

Rohit was made Test opener in 19, since then he has been one of the backbone in the Test side as well playing vital role in almost every series, more thn 1000 runs in WTC, 4 hundreds, average over 60 & played a big role for qualifying into the final.

#HappyBirthdayRohit
(10/11)

The film of Rohit career is not ended, still the dream of winning a ODI WC left for him, needs to prove in overseas in Tests, wishing a great year ahead & continue to be the hitman of world cricket by inspiring millions of fans across the world.

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