IND Vs ENG: On the first day of the third Test being played against England, Rohit Sharma has increased India's chances of victory by scoring a century. Before this match, Rohit Sharma had scored 10 centuries in Test cricket and every time Team India was successful in winning. On the first day of the third test, Rohit Sharma has scored his 11th century in test cricket. Looking at the old record, it can be assumed that the chances of victory for India have increased. Not only this, by the end of the first day's play, India had also strengthened its position in the third Test.
Rohit Sharma has played an amazing innings in the third test against England. After winning the toss, India decided to bat first. But India had a very bad start and the team lost three important wickets for just 33 runs. The heroes of the last match, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill proved to be flops. Jaiswal played an inning of 10 runs, while Shubman Gill could not even open the account. Rajat Patidar played a very bad shot and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs. However, after this captain Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja took over the Indian innings.
First day in the name of India
There was a partnership of 203 runs for the fourth wicket between Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 131 runs in 196 balls. Rohit Sharma's innings included 14 fours and three sixes. Jadeja maintained the lead even after Rohit's dismissal and remained unbeaten on 110 runs till the end of the day's play. Jadeja got the support of debutant Sarfaraz Khan. Sarfaraz played a stormy inning of 62 runs in 66 balls before being run out. Sarfaraz's innings included 9 fours and one six. Thanks to these three players, India scored 326 runs at the loss of 5 wickets by the end of the first day's play.
