Team India’s opener and captain Rohit Sharma hit a brilliant century in the first Test match being played against Australia in Nagpur. He completed 100 runs in 171 balls. This is the 9th century of Rohit Sharma’s Test career.
The historical thing is that this 9th century of Rohit Sharma’s Test career is also his first century as the captain of the Test team. With this century, he ended the drought of centuries for 16 months. Rohit Sharma scored a century on a very difficult pitch in Nagpur.
Significantly, as captain, Rohit Sharma became the first captain of India to score a century in all three formats of international cricket for Team India. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni were also unable to achieve this record during their captaincy. AUS vs IND Border Gavaskar Trophy Test Series, this first match of this latest series of 2023 being played in Nagpur is the third match of Test team captain Rohit Sharma.
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Remind you that the last Test century with the bat of Rohit Sharma came against England on 2 September 2021 at ‘The Oval’ ground in England. He scored an inning of 127 runs in that Test match. Since then, he could not score a single century between the latest Test match in Nagpur. Rohit Sharma completed his 100 runs on 171st ball while opening his first innings of Nagpur Test Match. During this, 14 fours and 2 excellent sixes also came out of his bat.
Playing-XI of both countries in AUS vs IND Nagpur Test
India
Rohit Sharma Captain, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shrikar Bharat (Bharat Wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia
David Warner Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey Wicket-keeper, Pat Cummins Captain , Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland.
Vinay Kumar