2024-02-15 22:43:12
In the third Test in Rajkot, India recovered from the initial disaster and took the lead on the first day. The hosts finished the first day with 326 runs for the loss of 5 wickets thanks to Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja’s century and debutante Sarfraz Khan’s fifty. Jadeja is 110 and Kuldeep Yadav is unbeaten with 1 run. Both of them will come out to bat again on the second day tomorrow Friday morning.
However, after winning the toss, India got off to a bad start. They lost 3 wickets with a gap of 12 runs. Yashaswi Jaiswal (10) got out for 22 runs, Shubman Gill (0) for 24 runs and Rajat Patidar (5) got out for 33 runs.
Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja took the lead of the team from there. They added 204 runs in the fourth wicket. India took control of the match by handling the disaster. In this journey, Rohit took the eleventh century of his Test career. Rohit touched the magical figure of three with 11 fours and 2 sixes off 157 balls. He returned with 237 runs after playing an innings of 131 runs. There were 14 fours and 3 sixes in this 196-ball innings.
After a long wait, Sarfaraz, who made his debut, started a storm. Hardik Pandya touched the record of the fastest fifty with just 48 balls. Which is joint second fastest in Indian Test cricket history. However, he could not extend his innings by being run out due to a misunderstanding. Sarfaraz got out with 62 runs in 66 balls with 9 fours and 1 six in the head of 314 runs.
After the return of Sarfraz, Jadeja scored his fourth career century in this Test after returning from injury. Hit his second century against England in 198 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. In the end he remained unbeaten on 110 runs. Kuldeep remained unbeaten with 1 run. India ended the first day by scoring 326 runs in 86 overs.
England’s Mark Wood took 3 wickets with the ball. Tom Hartley took 1 wicket.
After England won the first Test in Hyderabad, India won the Visakhapatnam Test and the series is currently tied at 1-1.