In the first game, a victory against South Africa's Diamond Eagles, Rohrer hit an unbeaten 22 runs off 15 balls including 2 fours and a six.

In February 2013, the Australian national cricket team was scheduled to play a T20I match against the West Indies at the same time as their Test squad was training for a series in India.

Rohrer was selected to join the team to help fill in the gaps because he had had a very successful time playing for the Melbourne Renegades in the 2012–13 Big Bash League season.

The Delhi Daredevils signed Rohrer for the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) as a replacement for Varun Aaron, who was unavailable due to injury.

[8] Rohrer suffered a heavy knock to his head from a cricket ball while playing for New South Wales against Victoria in November 2014.