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Team India captain Rohit Sharma etched his name in record books on 🔯Friday (February 10) as he became the first💟 Indian skipper 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 cꦜreated 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 good pace in the ongoing Test,ಌ 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 bℱatted 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 have provided a complete examination of skill and✨ temperament. 👏🏼
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
The maestro is back to his work!! Congratulations o꧙n the fabulous century 🔥♈🙌
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
First Iꦆndia🌺n Captain To score Century In All 3 Formats
— Akhil Gupta 🏏 (@Guptastats92)
Everyone thought pitch was spittiಞng cobras but as always, Rohit made it look like a belt-er. Batted 👊🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Fantastic Innings By Th♑e Captain. Ro-Hit-Man 😍😍😍😍 What a century on this track.
— Su🍸raj Pandey (Graduate) (@ferrarinotfiat)
Magnificent c𝓰entury from the Indian captain ROHIT SHARMA.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Supreme innings and what a way to get to his hu🔯ndred. Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian captain (third over♏all) 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)
Aggressio༒n in first half, respect towards the bowlers in second. Captain’s inning in true sense from Rohit sharma
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Rohit 𓃲Sharma becomes the only Indian to hit a to🍸n in all 3 international formats as a captain
Others in the world to do so: TM Dils𒈔han, Faf du Plessis & Babar Azam
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Wonderful wonderful century by skꦗipper ! A lesson to l🦋earn for some others in team?!
— neeru bhatia (@neerubhatia3)
A captain leading from the front in first♕ inning 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 on this track.
— Suraj Pandey (Graduate) 🍒(@ferrarinotfiat)