Rohit Sharma
IND vs NZ: In the first Test match being played in Bengaluru, New Zealand’s first innings was reduced to 402 runs on the third day. For New Zealand, Rachin Ravindra scored 134 runs while Devon Conway scored 91 runs. Tim Southee played a brilliant inning of 65 runs. Earlier, the Kiwi team had bowled out India for 46 runs on the very first day.
Forgetting the disappointment of the first innings, Team India made a better start in the second innings. The opening pair of captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal made a partnership of 72 runs for the first wicket. Jaiswal played an inning of 35 runs in which he hit 6 fours. After this, Rohit Sharma along with Virat Kohli took charge of the innings and completed his half-century. Rohit played an inning of 52 runs. He hit 8 fours and one six in his innings. In this way he achieved a big position in the World Test Championship i.e. WTC 2023-25.
Rohit overtook the legend
With the help of his half-century, Rohit Sharma has defeated New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson in the current cycle of the World Test Championship. Rohit Sharma now has 796 runs in 22 innings of 12 matches. At the same time, Kane Williamson has 757 runs in his name in 16 innings of 8 matches. Before this match, Rohit Sharma was 15 behind the legendary Kiwi batsman but after scoring 2 runs in the first innings and then a half-century in the second innings, the Indian captain went ahead.
Rohit Sharma is at 11th position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the World Test Championship 2023-25. In the next 2 matches of this series, he will have a chance to touch the 1000 run mark. Currently, Joe Root is the highest run-scorer batsman in WTC 2023-25. After Root, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is at second position. Root has scored 1712 runs while Jaiswal has 1265 runs in his name.
Unique record in Rohit’s name
Rohit Sharma became the victim of Ajaz Patel in the second innings. Ijaz bowled Rohit. Rohit was bowled in the first innings also. In this way the Indian captain made a unique record. In fact, for the first time in Test cricket, Rohit has been bowled out in both the innings of a Test match.
