Hey, Mr Geoffrey Boycott, I am not done. Rohit Sharma would want to give it back to Geoffrey Boycott, who said India captain is “past his prime” after failure in the first two Tests. But Ro-HITman has hit back with a gritty century in the IND vs ENG 3rd Test. He was India’s man-Friday as he rescued India from 33/3 with three batters already back in the hut.
However, Rohit Sharma carried on with Ravindra Jadeja, who was promoted to No 5, adding 203-run stand stand. While the partnership put England under pressure, Rohit showed the sublime touch after two lifelines. He took on the spinners, played the pacers carefully, not giving them an inch to break his concentration.
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This was his response after former England captain Geoffrey Boycott took down the India skipper with a column for The Telegraph. Boycott also criticised Rohit’s fitness levels. But Rohit Sharma batted for nearly six hours.
“India badly missed Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja has a hamstring injury and will not play the second Test. Their captain Rohit Sharma is nearly 37 and past his best. He makes pretty cameos but has scored only two Test hundreds at home in four years. They are also weak in the field. They dropped Ollie Pope on 110 and that cost them 86 runs. It lost them the match,” Geoffrey Boycott wrote in his column in The Telegraph.
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The person Rohit Sharma is, he never responded in words. He hit back on the pitch with his willow doing the talking. In his 131-run knock, Rohit had 14 fours and three sixes as he slowly tired the England bowling attack down. However, he fell to Mark Wood for 131 as he tried to take the pacer on but mistimed.
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