IND vs SA, Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma has scored 10 or more runs in 30 consecutive Test innings
India vs South Africa 1st Test, Rohit Sharma: The first match of the two-Test series between India and South Africa is being played at Centurion’s SuperSport Park. In this match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. The match is under a rain shadow and the toss of the match has been delayed due to rain. After this, when the Indian batsmen came to bat, they found themselves struggling against the fast bowlers. Indian captain Rohit Sharma managed to score only 5 runs and fell victim to Kagiso Rabada. India scored 208 runs for the loss of 8 wickets on the first day till stumps. KL Rahul is unbeaten with 70 runs. As soon as Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 5 runs on the first day, the streak that had been going on for the last 30 innings was broken.
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In fact, Rohit Sharma scored 6 in the first innings against England in Chennai in February 2021. Since then, Rohit Sharma has played 17 Test matches and remained unbeaten at single-digit scores in any match. Rohit Sharma scored at least 10 runs in 30 innings of all these 17 matches. But this sequence is broken in this match.
However, Rohit Sharma holds the world record for scoring 10 or more runs in the most consecutive innings in Test cricket. He achieved this world record during the second match of the series against West Indies this year, which was previously held by former Sri Lanka legend Jayawardene.
Mahela Jayawardene was second in terms of scoring the most consecutive double figures in Test cricket. He achieved this feat in 29 innings. Now it remains to be seen which batsman after Rohit Sharma will be able to create this record. No batsman currently comes close to AV de Villiers, who is fourth on the list, who has achieved the feat in 24 consecutive innings.
If we talk about the first day of the match, Rohit Sharma 5, Yashwi Jaiswal 17, Shubman Gill 2, Shreyas Iyer 31, Virat Kohli 38, Ashwin 8, Shardul Thakur 24, Jasprit Bumrah scored 1. runs for Team India. From India, KL Rahul is unbeaten with 70 runs. A 31 over game could not be played on the first day due to bad light and rain. On the second day, the game will start half an hour earlier.
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