Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s vulnerability in opposition to Kagiso Rabada continued together with his dismissal within the first innings of the opening Test match in Centurion on Tuesday. He was once more dismissed by the identical bowler on Thursday in India’s second innings, that too for a duck. Rohit Sharma has been a main goal for Kagiso Rabada throughout all codecs and has been troubled constantly. The South African paceman has now dismissed Sharma a complete of 14 instances throughout codecs, which is the very best by any bowler.
New Zealand’s Tim Southee (12), Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews (10), Australia’s Nathan Lyon (9) and New Zealand’s Trent Boult (8) are the opposite bowlers who’ve dismissed Rohit Sharma essentially the most variety of instances in worldwide cricket.
Among 14 dismissals in opposition to Rabada, seven have are available Test cricket, making Rabada the quick bowler who has troubled Rohit Sharma essentially the most within the longest format. Rabada has dismissed Rohit 5 instances in ODI cricket and twice in T20Is. Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has eliminated Rohit Sharma 9 instances in 18 Test innings whereas Rabada has bowled in 10 Test innings in opposition to Rohit.
Batting on 5 on Tuesday, Rohit Sharma went for the pull shot in opposition to Rabada on the ultimate ball of the fifth over solely to pick Burger on the lengthy leg.
Rohit’s go-to shot, the pull, which is efficient in limited-overs cricket and India, has been exploited by top-quality bowlers like Kagiso Rabada abroad. Rohit Sharma has been dismissed six instances enjoying the pull shot within the final three years in England, Australia and South Africa from 48 such executions.
“It’s interesting that his go-to shot, the one shot that he plays in white ball cricket that puts the opposition on the back foot, has been Rohit Sharma’s nemesis in Test cricket. He likes to play it in the air and that is hazardous in Test cricket,” Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned whereas chatting with Star Sports.
Rabada went on to assert 5 essential wickets for simply 41 runs in his 15 overs. His incisive spell included the dismissals of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur.
The South African pacer turned the seventh Proteas bowler to attain the milestone of claiming 500 worldwide wickets with the five-wicket haul.
KL Rahul’s preventing century helped India submit a difficult 245 runs on the board within the first innings regardless of Rabada’s fiery spell.
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