New Delhi: The first match of the three-Test series between India and South Africa is being played at the YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Today is the fourth day of the game. Playing for the first time as a Test opener in this match, Rohit Sharma's batting is raining heavily. He scored a century in the second innings after scoring 176 runs in the first innings. Rohit Sharma has become the first player in the world to score a century in both innings of the first match as an opener.
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Till now there was only one player who scored a century in an innings and a half-century in an innings as an opener in the first Test, but now Rohit has broken this record by scoring a century in both innings. Gordon Greene had played half-centuries and centuries (93+ 107) in his first match as an opener. Rohit Sharma scored 100 runs in 133 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes.
Rohit Sharma made this record as a test opener
During this time his strike rate was 75.19. This is Rohit Sharma's fifth century in Test cricket. These five centuries have been scored by hitman Rohit on the Indian soil. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has become the first player from India to score more than 50 runs in 7 consecutive innings. Sharma has become the first player in the world to score the most runs in the first Test match as an opener.
Rohit Sharma hits double century as opener in international cricket