Rohit Sharma was in marauding form as he completed the 12th century of his Test career against England on Day 2 of the Dharamsala Test. The India captain, continuing his red-hot form in the current World Test Championship cycle, notched up his 2nd century of the series and came close to completing 400 runs.
Rohit Sharma is the only Indian in WTC’s top-10 run-scorers as he and Shubman Gill – through a terrific partnership for the second wicket – propelled India into the lead.
Rohit Sharma Takes Off a Slow Start
This is Rohit’s third 50-plus score of the series to go with his knock of 131 in Rajkot and 55 during the last game at Ranchi. Still, despite a slow start to the series with scores of 24, 39, 14 and 13, Rohit Sharma turned it on in the third Test, scoring a brilliant hundred and stitching a game-changing partnership with Ravindra Jadeja when India were in all sorts of trouble at 33/3.
England Had a Half Chance To Dismiss Rohit
England had a half-chance to dismiss Rohit Sharma when he was on 68 as he glanced the ball and it went past the leg slip fielder. That was the last boundary off Rohit’s bat for a while, but even as the India captain took the backseat, there was no stopping Gill. After Anderson, it was Mark Wood’s turn to feel the heat as the batter creamed a couple of delightful boundaries to get the appreciation from his father in the stands.
Rohit – Gill Makes 100 Runs Partnership
The greatness behind that stroke was that Ben Stokes had six fielders in the deep for Rohit, but he chose to target extra cover for a four. As runs continued to flow, Rohit and Gill brought up their century partnership.
Gill was the first who brought up his 400 runs for the series – his second-highest run rally in a Test series behind the 529 runs he piled against South Africa at home in 2019.
Rohit, who for the first time in his career is playing the fifth Test of a series, is making in count in Dharamsala too in India’s pursuit of a 4-1 finish.