Rohit Sharma has been able to convert his start into a big innings in Rajkot Test. He has been in form and playing quick 20, 30 innings where he looks good but falls for good balls or bad shots. He has been able to finally come good when the team needed him. India and England resumed the five test series after a 10-day break post the Vizag Test.
England won the Hyderabad Test miraculously, with Ollie Pope’s sensational innings. In the second test at Vizag, India has been able to win authoritatively. So, the third Test at Rajkot has been able to attract more eyes towards it. Also, India being forced to play young talents who have been waiting in the wings for a long time with absence of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul has also made many look at the talents, closely.
India won the toss and elected to bat first on a batting friendly pitch. But had a bad start to the innings losing Yashasvi Jaiswal(10), Shubman Gill(0) the centurions of Vizag Test, early. Onus has been immediately shifted to Captain Rohit Sharma to salvage the situation. Quickly, Rajat Patidar(5) also got out in a soft dismissal.
Team management has sent Ravindra Jadeja at No.5 rather than sending in debutant Sarfaraz Khan. They both have put on a 204-run partnership and Rohit Sharma scored his 11th Test century. He did not let Joe Root settle into a rhythm and took on young English spinners Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed as well. He scored brilliant 131 runs from 196 balls bailing India out of trouble big time.
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