Rohit becomes 1st ever batsman to hit two tons in debut as Test opener
Team Udayavani, Oct 5, 2019, 4:47 PM IST
Visakhapatnam: Rohit Sharma on Saturday became the first-ever batsman to score two centuries on debut as a Test opener after he reached the three-figure mark for the second time in the ongoing first Test against South Africa here.
Rohit, who had scored 176 in his first innings as a Test opener on day one of the match, made 127 off 149 balls on fourth day.
Rohit also became the sixth Indian to score a hundred in both innings a Test.
Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar (3 times), Rahul Dravid (2 times), Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have also made centuries in both innings of a Test.
The 32-year-old stylish right-hander also broke the record for most sixes in a Test with 13 hits over the fence, surpassing Pakistan great Wasim Akram who smashed 12 in a game against Zimbabwe in 1996.
Rohit cleared the boundary six times in the first innings, while in the second essay his knock was laced with seven sixes.
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