Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team beat Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy series to take a 1-nil (1-0) lead in the series. It is no exaggeration to say that captain Rohit Sharma was the most important reason for India’s victory in this first Test match. Because while all the other batsmen were stifled on this spin-friendly ground, only Rohit Sharma scored 120 runs and was the most important reason for the Indian team to score 400 runs in the first innings.
Australia scored only 177 runs in their first innings and 91 runs in their second innings. Due to this the Indian team won the innings without any difficulty. Rohit Sharma was excellent with the bat in this match and helped the Indian team to victory by hitting a magnificent century with 15 fours and 2 sixes.
In this case, the former player of the Australian team, Ian Chappell, praised the Indian team captain Rohit Sharma for this century and also talked about an important decision he took in cricket. He said about this:
The way Rohit Sharma played on this ground was amazing. His confidence was evident when he was batting. Because of that he was able to score this amazing hundred too. Currently, Rohit Sharma is playing very well in Test cricket as well. Through his batting, he has shown others how to play in Test matches and what kind of shots to play.
He further said that Rohit Sharma made him the opener which saved his Test career. Former Test captain Virat Kohli’s decision to play Rohit as an opener in Test cricket is the reason why he is playing in Test cricket today because if he had played in the middle order in Test cricket he would not have played so far.
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Ian Chappell said Rohit Sharma’s performance has improved since he was replaced as the opener. Rohit Sharma, who has played 46 Test matches for the Indian team so far, has accumulated 3257 runs with 9 centuries and 14 fifties.