Rohit Sharma Became 3rd Indian Reaching Top 10 In All Three Formats

With a Hundred in his first innings as a Test opener, Rohit Sharma has returned to Test cricket with a bang. Being regarded as a limited-over’s specialist would always have rankled this immensely talented cricketer. But the phenomenal performance at the Cricket World Cup in England where he notched up five centuries brought Rohit right back into the reckoning.
Eyebrows were thus raised when he couldn’t find a spot in the Test playing eleven during the West Indies tour. However, the team management brought the whispers to a halt signaling that Rohit will get his chance opening in Tests during the South Africa series at home. And the ace batsman has delivered right at the start of the series and eased the pressure on himself.
The team also stands to profit with fellow opener Mayank Agarwal also scoring runs and powering India to the first double century partnership by its opening pair since 2015. Since the exit of the Virender Sehwag-Gautam Gambhir pair India’s opening pairs have been largely inconsistent, unable to live up to their promise. Having shown the courage to open against the red ball, leaving the comfort zone of white-ball cricket where he is an accomplished master, at 32 this may be Rohit’s last opportunity to leave a mark on the longer form of the game as well.
Hit-Man has played a key role in 2019 world cup and taking the team to the semifinals, vice-captain of Indian ODI team was not part of the test team in previous year’s often he was questioned about his test match performance he did scored couple of half centuries in tests with an average of 48.04 Rohit Sharma has hit 6 centuries and 10 half centuries in 51 innings. His memorable performance throughout the South Africa tour of India Test series has become the third India batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats for the game. In the recent ICC Test Player Rankings, Rohit emulated Captain Virat Kohli and retired opener Gautam Gambhir as his knock of 212 in the third Test in Ranchi helped him advance 12 places to 10th position.

By: Abhishek Singh
Content: https://thefederal.com/sports/2019/09/14/rohits-success-as-test-opener-can-help-india-chase-targets-bangar/