Watch - Virat Kohli Pats Rohit Sharma On The Back After His Magical Knock
Published - 03 Oct 2019, 10:18 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 04:11 AM
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Rohit Sharma made a dream start as Team India’s Test in the first of the three-match Test series against South Africa in Visakhapatnam. Rohit and Mayank Agarwal played two massive knocks to help their side post 503 runs before declaring the innings. As the Mumbai opener returned to the dressing room playing one of the best knocks of his career, Virat Kohli patted his back squashing all the rumours about a rift between them.
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The spotlight was on Rohit coming into this Test, who took guard as an opener for the first time in red-ball cricket for India. He brought his first century as a Test opener and his fourth in his career to mark a scintillating comeback to his Test career.
Hitman's innings comes to an end. He departs after a brilliant knock of 176 ??@Paytm #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/jGasM8S9ET
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 3, 2019
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Rohit Sharma finished missed his first double hundred by a whisker getting out for 176 runs. South Africa finally managed to get a breakthrough after 317 runs; which is the highest by an opening pair in India – South Africa game.
As Rohit returned to the crease, skipper Virat Kohli came out of the dressing room to pat his teammate’s back. Meanwhile, there have been a lot of debates about a rift in their relationship post the ICC World Cup. After endless media speculation, Kohli’s once action ended all doubts in a second.
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Meanwhile, India went all guns blazing in the afternoon session to post 502 for seven before declaring thanks to the opening partnership of 217 runs between Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal. After a splendid display of batting, the bowlers also responded well to pick three quick wickets.
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Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two while Ravindra Jadeja scalped one to end the day at 39 for three; thus trailing by 463 runs.
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