Rohit Sharma put up a Player-of-the-Match performance with the bat and led India to the Champions Trophy 2025 title by defeating New Zealand in Dubai. ESPNcricinfo looks back at some of his best innings in ICC white-ball knockouts.
30*(16) vs Pakistan
2007 T20 World Cup final, Johannesburg
In just his sixth international, a 20-year-old Rohit gave India a big finish after they chose to bat in the final of the inaugural T20 World Cup. Coming in at No. 6, he hit two fours, a six and four twos to ensure 27 came off the final two overs and India's total was 157.
137(126) vs Bangladesh
2015 ODI World Cup quarter-final, Melbourne
Wickets through the middle overs slowed India's scoring, and Rohit's job was to bat deep as they aimed to build a big total that would take them through to the semi-final. On 90, Rohit was caught off a waist-high full toss that was called a no-ball, an incident that led to a furore in Bangladesh. From that point on, Rohit blasted 47 off 25, playing some exquisite shots, and India got to 302, a winning total.
123*(129) vs Bangladesh
2017 Champions Trophy semi-final, Birmingham
With India chasing 265, Rohit put on an exhibition, hitting 16 boundaries in his century and building a 178-run stand with Virat Kohli that took India home with nine wickets in the bag.
47(29) vs New Zealand
2023 ODI World Cup semi-final, Mumbai
Kohli's 50th hundred headlined the day, but by the time he was in, a significant amount of the pressure on India had been relieved by Rohit's whirlwind start. In their semi-final losses in the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup, India had made poor starts. Here, Rohit blasted four sixes early to make sure India were scoring at nine an over in the first powerplay.
47(31) vs Australia
2023 ODI World Cup final, Ahmedabad
In the final, with India put in, Rohit was off early. It was only Travis Head's brilliance in the field that stopped his onslaught. Once he was out, India slowed down dramatically and ended up short of a winning total.
57(39) vs England
2024 T20 World Cup semi-final, Guyana
Against the same team they had stumbled in at the 2022 T20 World Cup, India lost the early wickets of Kohli and Rishabh Pant. With history weighing on him, Rohit embodied the bravery he had beseeched his team to have and continued to play his shots on a challenging track. His innings set the base for India to reach 171, which was more than enough on the surface.
76(83) vs New Zealand
2025 Champions Trophy final, Dubai
While he had not registered a fifty in the tournament, Rohit had maintained his attacking intent throughout. In the final, with his side chasing 252, he laid down the marker for India's approach by pulling the second ball of the innings for six. More boundaries followed off the seamers, and Rohit rotated well against the spinners, ensuring that even as India lost wickets in the middle, the asking rate never became daunting.