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Friday, Jul 18, 2025
Rohit Sharma smashed a maiden test double century as he and centurion Ajinkya Rahane helped India reach 497 for nine before declaring on day two of the third and final test against South Africa on Sunday.
Mohammad Shami scalped a five-wicket haul while Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets as India thrashed Proteas on the fifth and final day of the opening Test.
Rohit Sharma marked his debut as a Test match opener with twin hundreds and shattered many records.
Rohit is in the form of his life and many former India cricketers, including Yuvraj Singh, believe that the Mumbaikar should be playing in all formats and given a long run as a Test opener.
Rohit Sharma was out after a potentially career-defining 176 in his first innings as a Test opener.
Besides Rohit and Agarwal, other Indian opening pairs to share a 300-plus partnership in Test cricket are Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy (413 against New Zealand in 1956) and Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid (410 against Pakistan in 2006).
Kohli amassed 2,455 runs across formats as his 85 helped India beat the West Indies by four wickets in the series-deciding third ODI here on Sunday.
India will lock horns with two-time world T20 champions in the series-deciding third match in Mumbai even as the efforts to find the right combination for the marquee event continue.
Coming into the third and final ODI against the West Indies here, Rohit was only nine short of eclipsing the former Sri Lankan swashbuckler, who tallied 2387 runs in 1997.
Indian cricketer, Rohit Sharma and his wife, Ritika Sajdeh are on cloud nine today as their daughter, Samaira turned one. Rohit and Ritika shared heartfelt birthday wishes for her on the occasion.
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