Rohit created history as soon as he scored a century, second batsman to score more than 3500 runs in all three formats of cricket
Rohit Sharma West Indies vs India, 1st Test: Rohit scored 103 runs in the first innings of this match. With this, he has completed his 3500 runs in Test cricket. Rohit has become the second batsman to score more than 3500 runs in all three formats of cricket. Earlier Virat Kohli achieved this feat.
The first match of the two-match Test series being played between India and West Indies is being played at Windsor Park in Dominica. On Thursday, on the second day of this Test match, India captain Rohit Sharma scored a century while batting brilliantly. Rohit has achieved a special achievement in this century.
In the first innings of this match, Rohit scored 103 runs in 221 balls with the help of 10 fours and two sixes. With this innings, Rohit ended the long drought of runs and completed his 3500 runs in Test cricket. With this, Rohit has become the second batsman to score more than 3500 runs in all three formats of cricket. Before him, the former captain of the team, Virat Kohli has done this.
Kohli has scored 8515 runs in Tests, 12898 runs in ODIs, and 4008 runs in T20s in his cricket career. After Kohli, now Rohit Sharma also joined this group. Rohit has scored 3540 runs in Tests, 9825 runs in ODIs, and 3853 runs in T20s. Not only this, Rohit Sharma shared a 229-run partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal for the first wicket in this match.
With this, this pair has become the Indian pair to share the most runs against the West Indies. Both have broken the record of the biggest opening partnership of Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag. In the year 2002, Sehwag and Bangar started the innings and made a partnership of 201 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Apart from this, Rohit-Yashaswi became the first opening pair after 2006 to share a century partnership on West Indies soil.