In spite of losing Yashasvi Jaiswal at 10 in the first 3.5 overs and Shubman Gill at 0 in 5.4 overs to Mark Wood, captain Rohit Sharma kept the momentum of the team going in flow with his batting performance on the pitch. Still, Tom Hartley picked up the wicket of Rajat Patidar at 5 in the 8.5 over.
If we look over the stats, this was the second time when Shubman Gill was dismissed at Zero in the ongoing series.
Taking forward in match, Ravindra Jadeja got promoted for batting with Rohit Sharma and they made a partnership of 204 excellent runs.
Before getting dismissed by Mark Wood on the third delivery of 64th over – caught by Ben Strokes at mid-wicket – Rohit Sharma scored 131 runs, which is 11th Test Hundred for him. He became the eldest Indian captain to score a Test Century.
After Rohit, Sarfaraz Khan was sent for batting and he in his debut made 62 runs which acted hilarious in keeping the momentum going for Indian team. And also, he became the third fastest Indian batter to score 50 on men’s Test debut to India. He is after Yuvraj Singh and Hardik Pandya.
But he got RUN OUT by Mark Wood on the 5th ball of 82nd over by James Anderson.
Following this, Ravindra Jadeja scored his 4th Test hundred in 201 balls, which is his second on the Rajkot ground. Also, he completed 3000 Test runs in 70 matches.
After the complete day, India is at 326/5 after 86 overs at Stumps on DAY 1, with Ravindra Jadeja batting at 110* and Kuldeep Yadav at 1* on crease.
For England, Mark Wood took three wicket and Tom Hartley picked one wicket.
England Playing XI:
England's XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
India Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
If we look over the stats, this was the second time when Shubman Gill was dismissed at Zero in the ongoing series.
Taking forward in match, Ravindra Jadeja got promoted for batting with Rohit Sharma and they made a partnership of 204 excellent runs.
Before getting dismissed by Mark Wood on the third delivery of 64th over – caught by Ben Strokes at mid-wicket – Rohit Sharma scored 131 runs, which is 11th Test Hundred for him. He became the eldest Indian captain to score a Test Century.
After Rohit, Sarfaraz Khan was sent for batting and he in his debut made 62 runs which acted hilarious in keeping the momentum going for Indian team. And also, he became the third fastest Indian batter to score 50 on men’s Test debut to India. He is after Yuvraj Singh and Hardik Pandya.
But he got RUN OUT by Mark Wood on the 5th ball of 82nd over by James Anderson.
Following this, Ravindra Jadeja scored his 4th Test hundred in 201 balls, which is his second on the Rajkot ground. Also, he completed 3000 Test runs in 70 matches.
After the complete day, India is at 326/5 after 86 overs at Stumps on DAY 1, with Ravindra Jadeja batting at 110* and Kuldeep Yadav at 1* on crease.
For England, Mark Wood took three wicket and Tom Hartley picked one wicket.
England Playing XI:
England's XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
India Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.