IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma slams hundred throughout India vs England third Test

Rohit Sharma slammed his eleventh century within the longest format of the sport in the course of the opening day of the third Test between India and England on the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Thursday.

It was Rohit’s first Test hundred since his 103 towards West Indies at Roseau in July final yr, and likewise his first within the final 10 innings. The 36-year-old is coming off a lean patch in Test cricket, and had didn’t register a fifty in his final eight innings.

On Thursday, the skipper opened the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal and noticed his opening accomplice, Shubman Gill and Rajat Patidar return to the hut early on as India was left struggling at 33 for 3. From there on, Rohit and Ravindra Jadeja helped India recuperate with a hundred-run stand for the fourth wicket.

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Rohit had his fair proportion of luck and was dropped within the slips by Joe Root when he was on 27. When he was batting on 29, Rohit was adjudged leg-before-wicket by on-field umpire Joel Wilson off the bowling of James Anderson earlier than he had the choice overturned owing to an inside edge.

Rohit is the seventh Indian captain to attain a Test hundred towards England and the primary since 2018.

Enroute to his hundred, Rohit additionally went previous MS Dhoni’s Test sixes tally of 78. The Indian skipper now has the second-most maximums for India in Tests, after Virender Sehwag.