Rohit reveals "mantra" behind record twin centuries after MoM award
Cricket | Oct 06, 2019, 04:32 PM ISTFor his scores of 176 and 127 in the Test match, Rohit was awarded the Man of the Match trophy.
For his scores of 176 and 127 in the Test match, Rohit was awarded the Man of the Match trophy.
Virat Kohli was impressed with the attitude in the fast bowlers as India cruised to a 203-run win in the first Test at Visakhapatnam.
Mohammed Shami took a five-wicket haul in the final day as India secured a comprehensive 203-run victory over South Africa in the first Test.
India defeated South Africa by 203 runs in the opening Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir, who always backed Rohit for the role, has lauded the right-hander's effort.
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The 29-year-old leg-spinner is a regular in Team India's limited over set-up but he is yet to play a Test match in international cricket but he surely is keeping an eye on the ongoing series.
In response to India's 502/7 declared, South Africa exceeded expectations by scoring 431 in their first innings. At stumps on day four, they were 11 for one, needing another 384 runs for an improbable victory.
Pujara also felt that it won't be easy for batting on a fifth-day track.
Ravichandran Ashwin is just one wicket short of equaling Muralitharan's world record of being the fastest to 350 Test wickets.
At stumps, South Africa were 11 for one with Ravindra Jadeja trapping first-innings centurion Dean Elgar in front of the stumps. The visitors need another 384 runs for victory.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a 148-ball 81 on Saturday against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
Notably, before this game, Rohit scored his last century for India in whites in 2017, but has reached the three-figure mark in both the innings of the ongoing Test.
Rohit Sharma's dream run in his first Test as an opener continued in the second innings as he has now created history and secured his name in the record books for a huge feat.
In his first Test as an opener in the side, Rohit Sharma has smashed the world record for the most number of sixes hit by a batsman in a Test match.
During the closing stages of Day 3, Rohit Sharma had fun on the stump mic when he cheekily invited Harbhajan Singh to come and bowl in the game.
Rohit Sharma scored another century as India set 395-run target for South Africa. In reply, Proteas were already 11/1 at Stumps on Day 4.
Dean Elgar was among the South African batsmen who had a disastrous tour of India four years ago.
The 33-year-old, who has been playing only one format for India since July 2017, last played the Adelaide Test from December 6 to 10, the first of the four on the tour of Australia.
Agarwal, who made his India debut against Australia in December last year, struggled a bit in the West Indies but he converted his maiden Test hundred into a brilliant double ton (215).
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