Published 16:48 IST, October 19th 2019
Rohit Sharma scores a century against SA, experts hail his solid knock
Rohit Sharma scored his sixth Test century against South Africa at Ranchi on Saturday. This was also his third ton in the series. He was hailed by the experts.
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Rohit Sharma's comeback to Test cricket has been nothing less than remarkable. The 'Hitman' managed to silence his critics who were questioning his place in the longest format of the game. He had scored centuries in both innings of the first Test at Vizag and was also adjudged Man of the Match. The opener then suffered a setback in the following Test at Pune where he was dismissed early. However, it seems that he had learned from his failure as he played a magnificent knock in the third and final Test at Ranchi which earned him praises from the experts.
Rohit Sharma lauded by experts/commentators
After Rohit had scored his sixth Test century on Saturday, renowned cricketing experts came forward to hail the Hitman which included the likes of Harsha Bhogle, Sanjay Manjrekar, and Aakash Chopra.
Taking to the micro-blogging site, Harsha Bhogle wrote that the extremely classy display of batsmanship from Rohit and Rahane has severely dented South Africa's optimism. The 'Voice of Indian Cricket' had also hailed Sharma's hard-working fifty earlier.
Sanjay Manjrekar wrote that the limited-overs vice captain's knock was simply gorgeous.
Aakash Chopra also came forward to hail Rohit's century and termed the current one as the best by a fair margin because it was not easy to see through the first session. The cricketer-turned-commentator then hailed him for activating the ‘beast’ mode and added that nobody hits sweeter sixes than the Mumbai batsman.
Rohit Sharma saw off the new ball well after India had lost their top order early on in the innings and were reduced to 39/3. Rohit then added 185 runs for the fourth-wicket stand. The Hitman brought up his sixth Test ton with a six. He also completed 2000 runs in Test cricket during this knock.
Bad light halts play on Day one
The third test match between India and South Africa was stopped shortly after tea due to bad light and rains, as Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane frustrated the Proteas bowlers. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma also raced to his sixth Test century, equalling Sunil Gavaskar's record of scoring the most number of centuries in a series, Ajinkya Rahane looked poised to get to his ton before bad light halted play on Day one at Ranchi. India were at 224-3 when the game was stopped with Rohit Sharma on 117 and Ajinkya Rahane on 83.
Updated 17:45 IST, October 19th 2019