IND vs ENG 3rd Test: The third match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Rajkot. In this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has scored a century in 157 balls. This was his 11th century in his Test career. Let us tell you that Rohit has scored his first century in Test after July 2023. His last century came against West Indies in July. Then he played an inning of 103 runs in Windsor Park.
Today the Hitman’s bat played for the team at a time when India had a very bad start against England and the first three batsmen had returned to the pavilion with a score of only 33 runs. After this, captain Rohit Sharma took the lead and started moving his innings forward with patience and then also scored an important century for the team. After this, on the score of 237, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy innings ended on 131 runs. He played this innings with the help of 14 fours and three sixes in 196 balls. During this innings, he made a partnership of 204 runs with Ravindra Jadeja.
Rohit’s third test century against England
Let us tell you that this was Rohit Sharma’s first Test century on the Rajkot ground, while this was his third Test century against England. If we talk overall, this was the 11th century of captain Rohit Sharma’s test career. Rohit Sharma scored the first century of his Test career against England in Chennai in February 2021 and played an innings of 161 runs and after that he scored the second century in an over in September 2021 and played an innings of 127 runs.
Rohit’s 47th international century
It is noteworthy that this was Rohit Sharma’s 47th century in international cricket and he came third in the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries among active players and left Joe Root behind. Among active cricketers, Virat Kohli has the maximum number of centuries in his name with 80, while David Warner is in second place with 49 centuries. Joe Root now comes to fourth place with 46 centuries.
The series is tied at 1-1
Let us tell you that this series of 5 test matches is currently tied at 1-1. England won the first Test in Hyderabad and the Indian team won the second Test in Visakhapatnam. Now by winning the third test, Team India is out to take the lead in the series. This match is being played in Rajkot. After winning the toss and batting first, India scored 264 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is on 90 and Sarfaraz Khan, who is making his Test debut for India, is present at the crease after scoring 10 runs.
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