India ended Day 2 of the first Test match of the four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 on a high and have secured a decent 144 runs lead with three batters still to bat courtesy of Rohit Sharma’s magnificent ton.
India resumed the play on 77/1 with nightwatchman Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit at the crease. However, Ashwin got out quite early on a score of 23, while the India skipper went on to score his 9th century in the red-ball f♈ormat. He scored 120 runs off 212 deliveries with the help of 15 fours and 🌞two sixes.
After Rohit’s ton, wickets kept falling for India at regular intervals until Ravindra Jadeja came into bat and stitched a masterful half-century innings. Further post-Rohit’s dismissal, Jadeja was supported by Axar Patel, who also scored a convincing fifty and built an 81-run unbroken stand w🔥ith the fellow Gujarat cricketer.
Both Jadeja and Axar are currently unbeaten at a score of 66 and 52 runs with India at 321/7 and will take the charge On Day 3. On the other hand, the Aussie debutant Todd Murphy scalped five wickets for his team. Meanwhile, Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins picked up one wicket each.
As far as the two Indian debutants are concerned, Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat failed to impress with the bat🍃 in the match’s second innings and were both sent back to the pavilion on a score of 8.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
When you get past Pujara, Virat, Rohit, and then you've to deal with Jadeja and Axar 😄 Brilliant partnership between & 👏🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
There's something about Rohit Sharma and his batting…you can just never get enough.
Great knock captain ♥️
— DK (@DineshKarthik)
💙 WHAT A STAR! Jaddu co🅠ntinues to make a mark on his return to action🐼 💯
📷 BCCI •
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
India all-rounders take the team's lead to 144. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
No 9 batter ge🌞tting a half century on daꦛy 2. Good pitch isn’t it??
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Ye century 💯 dekhne k liye aakhen taras gayi thi, wꦚhat an innings Calm & Composed
— Munaf Patel (@munafpa99881129)
Aussies : The Pitch is made to cre🅺ate problems for our Left Handers
Jadeja and Axar on the Same Pitch :
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809)
Ravindra Jadeja – one of the greatest All Rounder in Test cricket.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
A 🍌Fabulous Batting Display By Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja 🀅😄🙌🫡
— बेतरतीब (@betarteeb_ladka)
⚔️™️ Jaddu 😍 💛🦁
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Yeah bro he did focus on cricket 🏏
Iconic comeback Jaddu 👏🏼— Snap (@ObsessionSnap)
I'm just feeling bad for Pujara. Faltu mei intent ke chakkar mei out hua. Varna do din tak khelke Australians ko dehydrate kar deta. Agli baar uske saamne koi intent bol bhi de toh shayad mukka maar de.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG)
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