Rohit Sharma made a tremendous comeback to red-ball cricket as he slammed back-to-back centuries in both innings of first Test match against South Africa at  ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vizag. His centuries played an instrumental role for India as y registered a comprehensive win by 203 runs to go 1-0 up in three-match Test series. While Rohit Sharma silenced his critics who were doubting his place in Test side he also did t shy away from having fun out in middle. 

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Rohit invites Harbhajan Singh to bowl

During Day 3 of first Test on Friday, Rohit Sharma decided to invite one of his best friends Harbhajan Singh to bowl. Both Rohit and Harbhajan's friendship goes a long way back. duo was a part of Mumbai Indians' three IPL as well as two CLT20 triumphs. In fact, both were part of Indian squad that emerged victorious in inaugural edition of ICC World T20 in 2007. Coming back to ir latest interaction, 'Hitman' was heard calling Harbhajan Singh to middle in order to bowl by saying that a lot of rough patches have been created on pitch. Bhajji is currently covering ongoing bilateral series as a commentator. Rohit was heard speaking on stump mic. video of limted-overs vice-captain calling veteran off-spinner out was posted by a fan on social media. 

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After Rohit Sharma had shown courtesy of inviting Bhajji to bowl, how could senior spinner t show courtesy? Bhajji took to social media to ackwledge Sharma's gesture. Taking to micro-blogging site, he wrote that he was coming to ball. At same time, he also appreciated his former Mumbai Indians skipper by saying that latter had bowled well too right on target and asked him to bowl in veteran offie's style next time. 

Read Harbhajan's tweet here:

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Piedt's valiant 50 goes in vain

South Africa's tailender Dane Piedt lead Proteas fightback in vain with a gritty half-century as India bowled out visitors for 191 runs to pick up win. Dane Piedt along with Senuran Muthuswamy stitched a crucial ninth-wicket partnership for Proteas after top-order collapsed in first session of day's play on final day of contest. However, brutal Indian bowling attack left Proteas in shambles, with Mohammad Shami picking up five scalps along with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja sharing spoils. Dane Piedt's kck featured nine boundaries and one six while Muthuswamy scored 49 runs off 108 balls.

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