ENG vs IND 4th Test: Rohit Sharma breaks Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar’s record after hitting Century at Oval
ENG vs IND 4th Test: The five-match Test series taking place between India and England has reached an exciting turn. After the end of the third day’s play, India’s team is playing 270 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
During this, India has a lead of 171 runs.
On the third day of the match, India’s star opening batsman Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century. He became the victim of Ollie Robinson by scoring 127 and Chris Woakes caught his catch. Rohit hit 14 fours and one six in his inning.
This was Rohit Sharma’s 9th international century on the England ground. With this, he has become most successful the Indian player to score the most international centuries on the soil of England.
In this sequence, he broke the record of two former veteran batsmen Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Rahul Dravid has 8 international hundreds on England soil, while Sachin Tendulkar has 7 centuries. Rahul Dravid scored a century in the 2011 Test match at The Oval on England soil. That was his last century on English soil.
Apart from this, Rohit’s has also named record of scoring the most international centuries on the soil of England as a foreign batsman. On the one hand, where Rohit Sharma has 9 centuries on the soil of England, then the name of former West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge has 8 centuries in England.
The Indian team has taken a lead of 171 runs over the England team in this test match so far. At the crease, Virat Kohli is present after scoring 22 runs and Ravindra Jadeja is present after scoring 9 runs.
