India captain Rohit Sharma was at his fluent finest in the primary session on day two of the continuing Dharamsala Test as he shattered and levelled quite a few records on his technique to a powerful hundred.
Rohit was concerned in a formidable 104-run stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal on day one earlier than an formidable stroke introduced curtains to the latter’s keep in the center of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium (HPCA) at a person rating of 57 off simply 58 balls.
While Jaiswal missed a golden alternative to money in on a superb batting deck, the veteran India batter was in no temper to throw it away.
Rohit stitched 31 runs for the second wicket alongside Shubman Gill earlier than the 2 on-field umpires referred to as stumps on day one.
The Team India skipper began day two with no half-measures and consolidated his crew’s place in the fixture.
Rohit reached his three-figure mark with a single off Tom Hartley in the mid-wicket area and introduced his 12th Test profession ton.
Here are the records that Rohit Sharma accomplished throughout his century:
- Rohit Sharma has surpassed David Warner of Australia in phrases of most runs scored in worldwide cricket. Rohit now has 18820 runs to his credit score whereas Warner has aggregated 18817 runs up to now.
- Rohit now has extra Test tons (9 a whole lot) in the World Test Championship historical past than Babar Azam (8 centuries). He has now equalled Steve Smith‘s tally of 9 tons.
- Rohit has levelled Rahul Dravid in phrases of probably the most worldwide centuries (48 centuries) scored by Indian batters.
- Rohit has now walked previous Chris Gayle in phrases of most worldwide tons scored as an opener. Gayle scored 42 a whole lot in his taking part in profession as an opener and Rohit has 43 now to his credit score.
- Rohit has equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s file for scoring probably the most Test tons (4 centuries) as an India opener towards England.
