Rohit Sharma - Most Titles Won as Captain (Five)
The Hitman who led Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles and India to T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy glory.
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the India national cricket team in all formats. He is a right-handed top-order batter who represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He formerly captained Mumbai Indians, leading the team to five Indian Premier League titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, making him the most successful captain in IPL history, sharing this record with MS Dhoni.
- Role
- Captain and Top-order Batsman
- Team Affiliation
- Mumbai Indians
- Total Titles Won as Captain
- Five
- Championship Years
- 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
- Record Status
- Most IPL trophies by a skipper
- Predecessor as Captain
- Harbhajan Singh
Lore & Background
Sharma holds several batting records including most runs in T20 Internationals, most sixes in international cricket, most double centuries in ODI cricket (3), most centuries at Cricket World Cups (7), and joint most hundreds in Twenty20 Internationals (5). He holds the world record for the highest individual score (264) in an ODI and the record for scoring most hundreds (five) in a single Cricket World Cup, for which he won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2019.
In Their Own Story
The floodlights hummed over the Dubai International Stadium, casting long shadows across the oval pitch. The air was thick with anticipation as the final ball rolled towards the wickets. Rohit stood near the boundary rope, his blue jersey bearing the weight of a decade of dreams. As the trophy was lifted into the night sky, confetti rained down like stars. He held the cup high, not just for himself, but for every fan who had worn the blue since the beginning. The roar of the crowd faded into memory, leaving only the silence of history being made.
Reader's Guide
Sharma was a member of the teams that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and was the winning captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Under his captaincy, India won the 2018 Asia Cup and the 2023 Asia Cup, both in ODI format, as well as the 2018 Nidahas Trophy, their first in T20I format. He is one of two players who have played in every edition of the T20 World Cup from 2007 to 2024, and is the only Indian player to win two T20 World Cups.
Did You Know?
- He is one of several Indian players to win two T20 World Cups, including members of the 2007 and 2024 squads.
- He holds the world record for the highest individual score (264) in a One Day International.
- He scored a century on debut as an opener in school cricket tournaments.
- He made his Test debut in November 2013 against West Indies, scoring 177, the second-highest individual score on debut by an Indian.
- He announced his retirement from Test cricket on 7 May 2025.
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