Rohit Sharma now joins elite company: In a thrilling encounter during the third Test against England, Rohit Sharma illuminated the cricketing world with a remarkable century. Rohit Sharma became the highest-scoring player for India with his third century in the third Test match against England. He currently enjoys a distinguished place alongside Gavaskar, who has four century in Test matches against England.
With the help of Ravindra Jadeja at the other end of the crease, who he would later partner with for a century of runs at the fourth wicket, Hitman would finally live up to his reputation and put on a display for all to watch. It wouldn’t be limited to telling the story of his innings, though. In actuality, Rohit Sharma’s century allowed him to join an exclusive group of hitters that includes Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, and Vijay Merchant.
Wood struck gold with his opening over, bowling tight lines and luring players like Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal to take a swat and nick easy ones to be removed early as India looked dangerously close to a 24-2 lead in the sixth over of their opening innings.
Rajat Patidar was the next to come in, and James Anderson kept him alert with threatening entices that prevented Patidar from getting off to a good start. Patidar eventually left for a tame dismissal off a ball that Tom Hartley delivered.
With everything riding on him, Rohit appeared to be focused on constructing his innings gradually. With the patient support of Jadeja on the other end, Rohit revitalized the Indian innings.
Together, the two established an enormous partnership of 200 runs by alternating between times when they should accelerate and when they should play it safe.
When his team most needed him, Rohit stepped up to the plate and eventually reached his century in the 53rd over with a double off Rehan Ahmed.