IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: Rohit Sharma solely second behind Don Bradman in elusive listing after Chennai knock
Image Source : BCCI Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma on Saturday lifted his residence common to an all new degree that leaves him solely behind the best ever, Sir Don Bradman, in an elusive listing, following his magnificent Test century within the second sport towards England on a difficult Chennai observe.
Rohit scored his seventh Test century, en path to his fourth 150-plus knock earlier than ending with 161 runs on a turning observe very similar to the one specified by Pune throughout the 2017 Border-Gavaskar sequence. Making a sweeping assertion towards the English spinners, after taking a leaf out of Joe Root’s technique, Rohit grew to become India’s first centurion in 2021, lacing 18 boundaries and two sixes en path to his 231-ball knock.
With the knock, Rohit lifted his residence common to 83.55 from 16 matches which locations him solely behind Bradman (98.22) on a listing with batsmen who’ve at the very least scored 1500 runs at residence. In his 23 innings on residence soil, Rohit has scored 1504 runs with seven tons. The common additionally locations him third on the listing of highest batting common for a participant (at the very least 20 innings) at a single nation. Only Bradman stands forward of the India which his common of 102.84 in England and 98.22 in Australia. No different batsman averages greater than Rohit in India.
Rohit, ultimately undone by Jack Leach, additionally added a 162-run stand alongside Ajinkya Rahane, who scored 67 off 149. Only one different Indian pair has added extra runs for the fourth wicket towards England at residence – Mohinder Amarnath and Mohammad Azharuddin who added a 190-run stand on the similar venue in 1985.
India completed with 300 runs for the lack of six wickets on the finish of day one in Chennai after opting to bat first. India misplaced Shubman Gill within the second over earlier than Cheteshwar Pujara appeared to supply some resistance however the spinners struck successivly to take away him and Virat Kohli.
