In the third Test of the series against England in Rajkot, India were in danger after winning the toss and batting. 3 wickets were lost for 33 runs. However, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja pulled the team from there.
Both got centuries. Jadeja remains unbeaten at the end of the first day despite Rohit’s dismissal. India ended the day with 326 for 5.
Mark Wood hit the Indian innings at the beginning. Opener Jasshwi Jaswell (10) and one down Shubman Gill (0) returned after being a victim of this English pacer.
After that, India was in danger when Rajat Patidar (5) returned with the wicket of left-arm spinner Tom Hartley. The hosts lost 3 wickets for 33 runs.
From there, Rohit and Jadeja’s partnership of 204 runs for the fourth wicket. Rohit scored his 11th career Test century and was dismissed for 131 off Mark Wood. The Indian captain hit 14 fours and 3 sixes in the innings of 196 balls.
After that, Jadeja made another partnership of 77 runs with Sarfraz Khan. Sarfraz, who finally got a chance after running for a long time in domestic cricket, shined in the debut match.
But his innings was stopped by a wrong call by Jadeja. Jadeja didn’t even call for singles when he was on 99, as a result Sarfaraz could not return to the non-strike end. Sarfraz, who scored a fifty off 48 balls, returned to Sajghar with 62 runs.
Jadeja then brought up his fourth Test century of his career. Completed 3 thousand runs. The all-rounder finished the day unbeaten on 110 runs off 212 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes. Kuldeep Yadav is with him as night watchman for 1 run.
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