IPL playerIndia2008 to 2026
Rohit Sharma
On scorecards: RG Sharma · Right-hand bat
Rohit Sharma, a batter, has played nineteen IPL seasons for two franchises, and has scored 7,331 runs, the 2nd-most in IPL history. Six titles came along the way, five of them as captain.
The arrival
Rohit Sharma arrived through the auction: Deccan Chargers paid ₹3 cr (US$750k), against a base price of ₹60 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 13 matches, 404 runs and 1 wicket.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013, for Mumbai Indians: 538 runs at an average of 38.4, striking at 131.5 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 79 not out. Mumbai Indians won the title that year. It came in a season as captain. There were nine seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024 and 2025).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2008: 404 runs at a strike rate of 148.0, 19 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
With the ball, the best season was 2009, for Deccan Chargers: 11 wickets at 7.00 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 4 for 6. Deccan Chargers won the title that year.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Deccan Chargers. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹3 cr. 45 matches, 1,170 runs and 14 wickets; champions in 2009.
2011 to 2026, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹9 cr. 236 matches, 6,161 runs and 1 wicket; captain in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; champions in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2011 to 2026.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Rohit Sharma has struck at 132.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 132.1, so the scoring rate has tracked the league's almost exactly. 63% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 661 fours and 324 sixes, the 2nd-most sixes in IPL history.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.8% of the balls Rohit Sharma faced were dot balls, a higher share than 71% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 17 balls, and a four every 8.4.
With the ball, 15 wickets in 339 deliveries, at 8.02 runs an over against a league rate of 7.63 for the same seasons: 0.39 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 6.
The fielding record: 101 catches and 11 run-outs.
At the auction
Rohit Sharma has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹9 cr (US$2.00m), paid by Mumbai Indians in 2011, more than 10 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹3 cr in 2008, ₹9 cr by 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Rohit Sharma stands 2nd for runs, 2nd for matches played, 2nd for sixes and 4th for player-of-the-match awards. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Mumbai Indians.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 13 | 404 | 76* | 36.7 | 148.0 | 4/0 | 1 | 6.25 | 1/25 | 8 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 362 | 52 | 27.8 | 114.9 | 1/0 | 11 | 7.00 | 4/6 | 4 | 2 | Champions |
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 404 | 73 | 28.9 | 133.8 | 3/0 | 2 | 8.05 | 1/19 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2011 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 372 | 87 | 37.2 | 125.2 | 3/0 | 0 | 13.25 | - | 7 | ||
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians | 17 | 433 | 109* | 30.9 | 126.6 | 3/1 | 0 | 16.00 | - | 13 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 19 | 538 | 79* | 38.4 | 131.5 | 4/0 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 7 | 2 | Captain, Champions |
| 2014 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 390 | 59* | 30.0 | 129.1 | 3/0 | 1 | 8.67 | 1/20 | 5 | 1 | Captain |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 482 | 98* | 34.4 | 144.7 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | Captain, Champions |
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 489 | 85* | 44.5 | 132.9 | 5/0 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | Captain |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 17 | 333 | 67 | 23.8 | 122.0 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | Captain, Champions |
| 2018 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 286 | 94 | 23.8 | 133.0 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | Captain |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 405 | 67 | 28.9 | 128.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | Captain, Champions |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 334 | 80 | 27.8 | 127.0 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | Captain, Champions |
| 2021 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 381 | 63 | 29.3 | 127.4 | 1/0 | 0 | 11.14 | - | 1 | Captain | |
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 268 | 48 | 19.1 | 120.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 7 | Captain | |
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 332 | 65 | 20.8 | 132.8 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Captain |
| 2024 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 417 | 105* | 32.1 | 150.0 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 418 | 81 | 29.9 | 149.3 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 2026 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 283 | 84 | 31.4 | 157.2 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2010
- Mumbai Indians: 2011 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.8% |
| Balls per four | 8.4 |
| Balls per six | 17 |
| Dot balls bowled | 26% |
| Balls per wicket | 22.6 |
| Catches | 101 |
| Run-outs | 11 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet