Twitter reactions on Rohit Sharma’s maiden Test century as opening batsman vs South Africa

Twitter reactions on Rohit Sharma’s maiden Test century: Twitter was exhilarated as the senior batsman justified his promotion.

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Visakhapatnam, India opening batsman Rohit Sharma scored his maiden century as an opening batsman after being sent in to bat at the top of the order for the first time.

In a move which was attempted to both find an answer to India’s woes at the top of the order and accommodate Sharma in the Playing XI, it has yielded optimum result from the word go.

After getting his eye in against South Africa’s new ball bowlers, Sharma eased in once opposition captain Faf du Plessis introduced the spinners into the attack.

On the first delivery of the 20th over, Sharma stepped out to South African spinner Keshav Maharaj to hit his first six of the innings. In the 25th over, Sharma hit another aerial shot off Dane Piedt to stamp authority on the South African bowlers.

With India scoring 91/0 in the first session, Sharma had crossed the 50-run mark in the penultimate over of the first session. Not taking things for granted, a determined Sharma worked his way towards his fourth Test century.

It eventually happened on the last delivery of the 54th over when Sharma ran a single off Maharaj to reach the three-figure mark.

The knock also means that Sharma has continued to score significantly in Tests at home. The 32-year old batsman scoring a century came as a reprieve for both the team management and his fans.

Twitter reactions on Rohit Sharma’s maiden Test century:

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