‘Isiliye usko Hitman Bulate hai’- Fans react as Rohit Sharma breaks plethora of records in Trinidad Test against WI
India ended the 2nd Test on Day 1 on a good note as they finished at 288-4. Virat Kohli ended Day 1 on an unbeaten 87 off 161 balls with eight fours. Ravindra Jadeja finished the day on 36 off 84 balls with four fours. India skipper Rohit Sharma continued where he left off at Dominica as he hit a stroke-filled 80 off 143 balls with nine fours and two sixes. Rohit also broke a lot of records on his way through. Rohit and Jaiswal now have two consecutive century opening stands against their name.
The pair also notched up an opening partnership of 139 at the Port of Spain in Trinidad which became the third-highest opening partnership there. Rohit also completed 2000 runs in World Test Championship (WTC) history. The Mumbaikar now has 2000 runs as an opener in Test cricket. He also became the fifth-highest run scorer for India in red-ball cricket. Rohit gave a good start to India with his innings and continued from the first Test where he scored a superlative 103 off 221 balls with 10 fours and two sixes.
Virat Kohli played his 500th International match at Trinidad
Kohli has also scored 186 runs in the new WTC cycle so far. Talking about the match, Jaiswal continued his run-scoring streak as he hit a free-stroking 57 off 74 balls with nine fours and one six. Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane did not have a good outing in the first innings as they fell for 10 and 8 respectively. While India scored 121 runs in the first session. The West Indies fought back valiantly and picked up 4 wickets in the second session giving away just 61 runs.
Just when things looked like they could go pear-shaped for India, Kohli and Jadeja steadied the ship for the Men in Blue. Kohli was on the song playing his 500th international game. The cover drives looked exquisite when they came off his bat. Ravindra Jadeja came in a got some fours away early in his innings that put the pressure back on the West Indies. On Day 2, India would be hoping that Kohli would get a hundred and convert it into a big score.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Hitman back into form 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/OIRCycuJ84
— Yash Bhat (@bhatyash391) July 20, 2023
Today in the same match
Virat Kohli enters top-5 highest run scorers in international cricket (overtakes Kallis).Rohit Sharma enters top-5 highest Indian run scorers in international cricket (overtakes Dhoni).#WIvIND
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 20, 2023
Rohit Sharma against West Indies in Test cricket:
•177(301).
•111*(127).
•9(23).
•41(59).
•103(221).
•80(143).INCREDIBLE, THE HITMAN ROHIT SHARMA. pic.twitter.com/s5aGlazUYk
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 20, 2023
People used to say Rohit isn't good for test matches, Now he is the best test batsman over the last 3-4 years and has the highest avg as an opener 💥#RohitSharma𓃵 #Hitman #TeamIndia #INDvWI https://t.co/fbFSHfMIAI
— Raghava Yesh (@RaghavaYesh45) July 21, 2023
Highest Test Average by an Indian Opener :
Rohit Sharma : 53.55 💥@ImRo45 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/cEIGgLRKle— HITMAN45CULTS (@Hitman45Cults) July 21, 2023
Rohit sharma was born to open the innings https://t.co/cv6i5gtdLn
— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) July 21, 2023
Most runs for India in WTC (Inngs)
2000 – Rohit Sharma (40)*
1942 – Virat Kohli (55)
1769 – Cheteshwar Pujara (62)
1581 – Ajinkya Rahane (48)
1575 – Rishabh Pant (41)#INDvsWI— Rahul Bansal (@raahulbansal) July 21, 2023
Highest opening partnerships for visiting pairs at #PortofSpain
209 G Boycott & D Amiss(🏴,1974)
191 A Morris & C McDonald(🇦🇺,1955)
139 #RohitSharma & #YashasviJaiswal(🇮🇳,2023)
129 M Atherton & A Stewart(🏴,1998)
123 Sadiq Mohammad & Majid Khan(🇵🇰,1977)#WIvIND #CricketTwitter— Maharshi (@CricMaharshi) July 21, 2023
Rohit sharma’s test career after opening the innings in test cricket pic.twitter.com/YKEHm1KJHX
— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) July 20, 2023
Indian opening pairs to faced 100+ balls in away Tests since 2010.
• With Rohit Sharma
— 9 times in 18 Inns*• Without Rohit Sharma
— 7 times in 101 Inns. pic.twitter.com/1Hq0guf18I— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) July 20, 2023
Rohit Sharma's consistency as a Test opener can become a case study for youngsters who are struggling with technical flaws but want to succeed in Tests one day.
It's an absolute joke how some people think his Test spot is under the scanner.. 🤷 pic.twitter.com/WQgDE2cy5H
— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) July 20, 2023
