- Rohit smashed an unbeaten 115 runs on the first day of the first Test against South Africa.
India vs South Africa 1st Test: In the first match of the Test series against South Africa, on Wednesday, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bat first. In this match being played in Visakhapatnam, Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal landed for India. With this, he also got his name registered in the record book. It happened after 47 years, when a new Indian opening pair started for the team playing on Indian soil.
Rohit and Mayank were playing their first Test on Indian soil as the opening pair. Earlier this was in 1972, when Sunil Gavaskar and Ramnath Parkar started the Indian innings in a match against England in New Delhi. Ramnath Parkar made his Test debut in this match. At the same time, Gavaskar played his first match as an opener.
Centenary Partnership for First Wicket
On the first day of the match, both Indian batsmen shared an unbeaten 202-run partnership for the first wicket. After 24 innings, the Indian openers have made a century partnership. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay had a century partnership last time against Afghanistan in 2018 in Bengaluru. India scored 202 without loss till the end of the first day’s play. Rohit hit his fourth career century. Rohit scored 100+ runs after 10 innings. He scored his last century against Sri Lanka at Nagpur in 2017. On the other hand, Mayank hit a career-high fourth half-century.
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India vs South Africa 1st Test Playing XI
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami
South Africa: Aidin Markerum, Dean Elgar, Theunis de Brune, Temba Bavuma (vice-captain), Faf du Plessis (captain), Quinton de Cock (wicketkeeper), Vernon Philander, Senuran Mutusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Dan Piedt, Kagiso Rabada.
