Rohit Sharma entered historical past books as he accomplished 1,000 Test runs as a captain throughout his spectacular knock towards England in the fifth Test match on Thursday. The Indian captain scored an excellent unbeaten fifty to offer India a promising begin in their first innings on Day 1 in Dharamsala.
The Indian skipper has been in sensible kind these days after some low-scoring knocks in the primary two matches in the continued collection. He scored a century in the Rajkot Test and smashed a vital fifty in the final match in Ranchi.
After bowling out England on 218 in their first innings, Indian openers produced a surprising begin to take management of the match after Tea in Dharamsala. After scoring 13 runs, Rohit reached 1,000 Test runs as a captain and have become the one sixth participant in the world to achieve four-digit quantity throughout all three codecs.
The former Indian captain MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are additionally in the list having scored 1,000-plus runs as captain throughout all three codecs. Pakistan’s Babar Azam was the final cricketer to realize this uncommon milestone earlier than Rohit.
List of gamers to attain 1,000 runs throughout three codecs as a captain:
- MS Dhoni (India)
- Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Babar Azam (Pakistan)
- Rohit Sharma (India)
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