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IND vs AUS: Rohit Sharma scores first Test century as captain

New Delhi: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played an anchoring knock as he successfully converted his half-century into a whole one against Australia on Day 2 of the 1st Test in Nagpur. Rohit Sharma scores his first hundred as a skipper This is Rohit’s first hundred as a captain and 9th in overall Test matches. Indian captain, […]

New Delhi: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played an anchoring knock as he successfully converted his half-century into a whole one against Australia on Day 2 of the 1st Test in Nagpur.

Rohit Sharma scores his first hundred as a skipper

This is Rohit’s first hundred as a captain and 9th in overall Test matches. Indian captain, Rohit Sharma is currently batting at 103 after facing 176 balls. Rohit reached his century with the help of 14 boundaries and 2 sixes, with a strike rate of 58.52.

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Suryakumar Yadav failed to impress in Whites as he fell prey to Nathan Lyon after scoring 8 runs. After that Virat Kohli departed on the first ball after Day 2 Lunch at Nagpur. Todd Murphy claimed Kohli’s wicket. India was 151/3 at Lunch.

India’s dominance and Australia’s come-back

India dominated the first half while Australia bounced back in the second half. A total of 28 overs were bowled in this session and India scored 74 runs out of it, while Australia extracted a couple of wickets. Todd Murphy has India on the hop.

Jadeja magical spell

Earlier, Indian bowlers left Australia clueless, come-back man Ravindra Jadeja broke the backbones of the Australian batting line-up as he scalped 5 wicket haul. Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed three wickets while the pace duo of Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami picked a wicket each.

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