Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma, John O'Shea, Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Sport360 staff 14:53 30/04/2016
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  • Happy Birthday to these current sporting legends!

    Rohit Sharma, 29, is an Indian cricketer and captain of the Mumbai Indians IPL franchise.

    The right-handed batsman scored consecutive centuries in his first two Test matches against the West Indies in 2013, scoring 177 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on debut, followed by a score of 111* in the next Test at the Wankhede Stadium in India. He played 108 ODIs before playing his maiden Test.

    On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka, which is the highest individual score in ODIs. He thus became the only player in the world to score two double hundreds in ODIs. Rohit Sharma is the third skipper to lead his team to the IPL title twice.

    Here’s who else is celebrating their birthday from the sporting world:

    1981: John O’Shea captains Ireland football team and Sunderland. He won 15 trophies at Manchester United, including five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, three Football League Cups, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup (35).

    1981: Ali Williams is a former New Zealand rugby lock who was in the All Blacks squad for the 2003, 2007 and 2011 (winning) World Cup sides.

    1990: Jonathan Brownlee is a thriathlete who was world champion in 2012 and an Olympic bronze medal winner in 2012 (25).

    1992: Marc-Andre ter Stegen is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for  Barcelona, where he won the treble in his first season (24).

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