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Team India captain Rohit Sharma etc🏅hed his name in record books on Friday (February 10) as he became the first Indian skipp💦er to hit a century in all three formats of the game.
By registering his maiden Test ton against Australia on Day 2 of the four-match series opener in Nagpur, Rohit created history. The right-handed batter achieved the milestone 🦩in his🐽 third Test as Indian captain and 46th overall.
After reaching the triple-figure mark across formats, Rohit has now joined former South African skipper Faf du Plessis, Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka and Pakistan’s Babar Azam in the elite list.
Rohit has been scoring runs at ꦇgood pace in the ongoing Test, having completed his half-century at a strike rate of over 80 and ending Day 1 at a score of 56 off 69 balls. He batted sensibly on the second day and pulled off his 9th hundred in the red-ball format in 171 balls.
Apart from Rohit, other Indian batters struggled to score runs on the spin-friendly Nagpur pitch. The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav all departed without contributing much with the bat as debutant Todd Murphy ran riot.
Murphy picked four wickets in India’s first innings by the time Rohit reached his triple-digit score.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma’s record ton:
What a 💯 , in conditions which h🦂ave provided a complete examination of skill and temperament. 👏🏼
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
The maestro is back to 𓆉his work!! C🎃ongratulations on the fabulous century 🔥🙌
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
First Indian Captain To score Century In 🍸All 3 Formats
— Akhil Gupta 🏏 (@Guptastats92)
Everyone thought p༒itch was spitting cobras but as always, Rohit made it look like a belt-er. Batted 👊🏽 💙
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Fantastic Innings By Thඣe Captain. Ro-Hit-Ma▨n 😍😍😍😍 What a century on this track.
— Sura🤪j Pandey (Graduate) (@ferrarinotfiat)
Magnific🅺ent century from the𒀰 Indian captain ROHIT SHARMA.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Supreme innings and what a way to get to his hundred. Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian captain (third 𝔍overall) to hit a century in all formats. Converts his first Test innings at home against Australia to a ton.
— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal)
He is back ❤️
— Deepesh Sharma (@deepesh__sharma)
Aggression in꧒ first half, respect towards the bowlers in second. Captain’s inning in true sense from Rohit sharma
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Rohit Sharma becomes the only Indian to hit a 🐻ton in all 3 international formats as a captain
Others in💙 the world to do so: TM Dilshan, Faf du Plessis & Babar Azam
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Wonderful wonderful century by skipper ! A lesson to learn for some others ෴in team?!
— neeru bhatia (@neerubhatia3)
A captain leading from the front in firꦇst ꦇinning of the big series is all you want to see.. well done
— Ritesh Raj (@cric_ritesh)
Kismate badal dete h bhai hum.. milo hume 😂
— Navaldeep Singh (@NavalGeekSingh)
That's how you play spin. Did it against England on a turner. Repeats it again. Top stuff
— Sajal K Patra (@saj_sajal)
Fantastic Innings By The Captain. Ro-Hit-Man 😍😍��😍 What a century oಌn this track.
— Suraj Pandey (♕Graduate) (@ferrarinotfiat)