Having watched Joe Root slay the Indian spinners in the first Test, it was like a ready reckoner for Rohit, who had prepared well during the last two training sessions.
India opener Rohit Sharma reached the three-figure mark on Saturday as he scored his seventh Test hundred in the second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Rohit, who had not managed to notch up a hefty score in the last few innings, reached his ton after lunch to stabilize India's innings on Day 1.
Rohit Sharma scored a sparkling 80 not out while Moeen Ali removed skipper Virat Kohli with a superb delivery as India reached 106 for three against England at lunch during a shared opening session on the first day of the second Test here on Saturday.
India opted to bat first against England in the second Test making three changes to their playing XI with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel making his Test debut.
Veteran James Anderson's artistic spell of reverse swing trumped Virat Kohli's show of grit as England decimated India in the opening Test by a comprehensive 227-run margin on Chennai on Tuesday.
Rahane was earlier criticised by Sanjay Manjrekar, who pointed out that the batsman hasn't performed in hist last seven innings.
Rohit was dismissed cheaply for the second time in the game with left-arm spinner Jack Leach getting through his defence with a beauty.
England on Monday reached 1/1 in their second innings at Lunch on Day Four of the first Test against India here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, thus extending their overall lead to 242 after bowling out the hosts for 337.
Joe Root continued on his innings as he crossed the 150-run mark, while Ben Stokes adopted an aggressive approach to complete his half-century as Indian bowlers remained helpless throughout the first session of Day 2.
Joe Root's continued on his incredible form in the ongoing 1st Test between India and England, and the lack of assistance from the pitch leaves the Indian bowlers struggling for wickets.
Moeen Ali is the only spinner with experience of Indian conditions but he is not playing the first Test that began in Chennai on Friday.
The catch dropped happened as early as the seventh ball of the game when England had just one run on the board.
The four-Test series begins from February 5 onwards in Chennai. Virat Kohli will be craving to score runs after missing the last three Tests against Australia.
Root will be appearing in his 100 Test when he leads England in the series-opening match against India from Friday.
Kuldeep feels likes of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler brings a lot of quality in the English team but they haven't played in India in a long time.
In the nine Tests that the Indian skipper played against the Englishmen, Kohli amassed 843 runs, including three centuries at an average of 70.25.
Indian cricket team is all set for the four-match Test series against visitors England. The series will begin from February 5 onwards with the first two Tests in Chennai and the remaining two at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. The top two mega stars of indian batting virat kohli and rohit sharma will be playing together after a year. they both have not taken the field together for over a year now, and they are all set to reunite after a very long wait.
Yadav has been warming the bench for more than three months now but Pathan said he is a unique bowler who would do well in the upcoming Test assignment.
The 28-year-old, who played the ODIs and T20Is but sat out of the first two Tests in Australia, had suffered an injury to his left wrist during a net session at MCG and was ruled out of the last two Tests.
A hundred in the upcoming England series will help the Indian skipper surpass Ricky Ponting as the most successful captain to score most centuries in Test cricket.
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