Rohit Sharma criticizes 12th Test century; nearly 400 races in IND vs ENG series | Cricket | Top Vip News

Rohit Sharma was in top form as he completed the 12th century of his Test career against England on Day 2 of the Dharamsala Test. The Indian captain, continuing his excellent form in the current cycle of the World Test Championship, scored his second century of the series and came close to completing 400 runs. Rohit is the only Indian among the WTC’s top 10 run-scorers as he and Shubman Gill, through a superb second-wicket partnership, propelled India to the lead.

Regaining his overnight score of 52, Rohit accelerated from the start, exuding shades of his aggressive World Cup self. After a maiden and a tight over from James Anderson, Rohit flexed his muscles with a six and four consecutive deliveries from Shoaib Bashir. Gill then took charge in the next over – he smashed Anderson for a maximum and two boundaries off three balls to take 14 off him as the partnership between the two blossomed.

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England had half a chance to dismiss Rohit in the 68th over when he looked at the ball and went beyond the leg-sliding defender. That was the last boundary of Rohit’s bat for a while, but even as the India captain took a backseat, there was no stopping Gill. After Anderson, it was Mark Wood’s turn to feel the heat as the batsman smashed a couple of delightful boundaries to earn recognition from his father in the stands.

Between the two, Gill was the first to add to his 400 runs for the series, his second-highest streak in a Test series behind the 529 runs he amassed against South Africa at home in 2019. Having been silent for a while, Rohit broke the shackles. He gave himself space and slapped Wood offside to break the boundary, almost as if he was warming up for the IPL. The greatness behind that knock was that Ben Stokes had six fielders in the deep for Rohit, but he decided to go for extra cover for four. As the runs continued to flow, Rohit and Gill brought out their partnership of the century.

Rohit Sharma takes off after slow start

This is Rohit’s third score above 50 in the series, along with his knock of 131 in Rajkot and 55 during the last match in Ranchi. With Virat Kohli out, a lot depended on the Indian skipper to lead from the front, and when India lost the opening Test in Hyderabad, the pressure only increased. Still, despite a slow start to the series with scores of 24, 39, 14 and 13, Rohit came alive in the third Test, scoring a brilliant hundred and forging a breakthrough partnership with Ravindra Jadeja when India were in all sorts of situations. . problems at 33/3.

In Dhoni’s hometown of Ranchi, Rohit fell cheap in the first innings, but with India chasing a tough target of 192 runs on a slow, deteriorating, spinning pitch, he held out the innings to give India a bright start with Yashasvi Jaiswal. And if that were not enough, Rohit, who for the first time in his career is playing the fifth Test of a series, is also giving an account in Dharamsala as India seek a 4-1 finish.