Since Rohit Sharma has been promoted as an opener in Test cricket, he is shining in the Test cricket and becoming unstoppable. Now he has scored his maiden double-century in Test cricket and fourth double-century in the international career.
After winning the toss, India got a poor start in the ongoing Ranchi Test. India lost the first three wickets in just 39 runs as Mayank Agarwal (10), Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (12) fell cheaply.
But Rohit Sharma has performed unstoppably along with Ajinkya Rahane and it not only has rescued the hosts but has also set up the moment to put the large first-innings total.
On the day one of this Test match, Rohit completed his sixth Test century in 130 balls. While the day one ended early due to the bad light, India were batting on 224/3 and Rohit was batting on 117 runs along with Rahane (83*).
Rohit has continued his familiar style of batting on the second day of this Test match. While Rahane completed his 11th Test century, Rohit completed his 150 runs in 199 balls.
After building up a strong fourth-wicket partnership of 267 runs, Rahane lost his wicket on 115 runs.
Rohit Sharma completed his maiden Test double-century in 249 balls
However, Rohit has continued his amazing batting performance and reached his maiden Test double-century. His previous best Test knock was 177 runs.
At lunch on day two, Rohit was batting on 199 runs off 242 balls. In the early second session, Rohit completed this double-century (in 249 balls) by hitting a sixer. The right-handed batsman hit 28 fours and 5 sixes to complete this double ton.
Before this Test series, Rohit never played as an opener in Test career. Visakhapatnam Test was his first Test to feature as an opening batsman. In that Test match, Rohit scored 176 and 127 runs respectively. Though he scored just 14 runs in the first innings of Pune Test, the latest double-century has proved his capacity.
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