Twitter Salutes Rohit Sharma As He Scores Second Century In The Test
Published - 05 Oct 2019, 05:48 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 06:24 AM
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Rohit Sharma could not have asked for a better start to his career as a Test opener. The right-handed batsman is one of the best ODI and T20I batsmen in the world for more than five years now but has struggled to even cement his spot in the Test team despite debuting in 2013. Poor displays and the form of others has seen him warm the bench more often than not.
India finally decided to try him out as an opener in the ongoing first Test against South Africa and will be mighty pleased with the batsmen’s reaction. In the first innings, the Mumbai star slammed 176 while sharing a mammoth 317-run stand with fellow opener Mayank Agarwal who scored 215.
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Rohit then scored another ton in the second innings to put India in the driver’seat in the game. India started poorly as Agarwal fell cheaply but Rohit Sharma made sure that the Proteas do not make further inroads in the game. He along with Cheteshwar Pujara batted India out of trouble with a 169-run stand before the latter was dismissed for 81.
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With India looking to win the game, they needed to score quickly and Rohit did exactly that. The opening batsman reached his century off just 133 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes. He also became the sixth Indian to score a century in each innings of a Test match. And as soon as Rohit Sharma reached the three-digit mark, the cricket fraternity was quick to laud him.
Here are some of the reactions:
Take a bow?♀️@ImRo45 Eventually you are, where you belong to ! ??
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) October 5, 2019
A special test match for Rohit Sharma. Class and elegance and two centuries. Not a bad way to begin a new chapter in a career!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 5, 2019
#INDvsSA#RohitSharma scored 176 in 1st Inning & Now 106* in 2nd Inning..Upar se saying "Puji Bhaag BC"#ViratKohli reaction :- pic.twitter.com/7kUOI3tGnN
— Rebel Prem (@nawaabshahab) October 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/Pranjultweet/status/1180426458428297218
K.L Rahul right now – pic.twitter.com/R2EAljrIch
— Zaid Wazi?? (@zaid_wazi30) October 5, 2019
#KLRahul's Reaction After #RohitSharma Hit Back To Back Hundreds As Opener.???#INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #BCCI pic.twitter.com/fmJ1qlj837
— Kangkan Sarma (@imKangkanSarma) October 5, 2019
Watching Rohit Sharma opening the test innings reminds me of one the best entertaining batsman of all time in cricket history –> @virendersehwag What an entertaining innings by @ImRo45.. doesn't felt like watching test match #INDvsSA
— Shailesh Medhekar (@MedhekarS) October 5, 2019
#INDvsSA
Rohit Sharma Test opening debut:
1st innings 150+, 2nd innings 100+ pic.twitter.com/a8BaLkLHmw— رومانا (@RomanaRaza) October 5, 2019
India, meanwhile, are in command of the game. At the time of writing this report, the hosts were 210 for 2 with their overall lead extended to 218 runs. Earlier in the day, South Africa were all out for 431 in reply to India’s first innings total of 502.
