Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday. 38-year-old Rohit had already retired from T20I cricket. For now, he will continue to play for India in the ODI format and he is also the captain of Team India in this format. After this announcement by Rohit, his 11-year long Test cricket career also came to an end.

Rohit Sharma had a very good Test cricket career and he played for India in this format from number one to number six. However, he was very successful as an opener in Test cricket.

Also Read: Rohit Sharma stats in tests

Let's take a look at Rohit Sharma stats in Tests as an opener.

Rohit scored most centuries as an opener

Rohit Sharma stats in Tests: Is Rohit the greatest test opener since Virender Sehwag?

Rohit scored 4301 runs in 67 Test matches played in his career at an average of 40.57 with 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries, but he scored the most centuries as an opener.

Rohit was elevated to that role for the first time in October 2019, and since then, no other opener has scored as many tons. Overall, only four batters have scored more Test tons than Rohit in this period.

Rohit Sharma stats in Tests: Most sixes for India

Rohit Sharma stats in Tests: Is Rohit the greatest test opener since Virender Sehwag?

Rohit has hit a total of 88 sixes in his Test cricket career and is second on the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes for India in the longer format of cricket. If he had hit 3 more sixes in the Test, he would have become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in Tests for India. The record for hitting the most sixes in Tests for India is held by Virender Sehwag who hit a total of 90 sixes.

Sr	Player	6s	M	Inn	R	Ave	100s	50s
1	Virender Sehwag	90	92	178	8503	49.43	23	31
2	Rohit Sharma	88	59	116	4301	40.57	12	18
3	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	78	82	144	4876	38.09	6	33
4	Rishabh Pant	73	41	75	2948	42.11	6	15
5	Sachin Tendulkar	69	173	329	15921	53.78	51	68
6	Ravindra Jadeja	68	70	118	3370	34.74	4	22
7	Sourav Ganguly	57	101	188	7212	42.17	16	35

Rohit Sharma stats in Tests: Most centuries for India in won Test matches

Rohit Sharma is at number 5 in the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Test matches won by India. He has scored a total of 12 centuries in Test matches won by India. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of this list with 20 centuries.

20 - Sachin Tendulkar
15 - Rahul Dravid
14 - Virat Kohli
13 - Cheteshwar Pujara
12 - Rohit Sharma

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Rohit Sharma stats in Tests as an opener

As an opener in Test cricket, Rohit scored a total of 2697 runs in 66 innings for India. During this period, his average was 42.81 while in these 66 innings, he also scored 9 centuries and 8 half-centuries. His best score as an opener in Tests was 212 runs.

Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
2019-2024	38	66	2697	212	42.80	58.73	9	8

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