Mayank Agarwal who had slammed a double ton in the last Test match brought up yet another century at the Maharashtra Cricket Association in Pune. He faced 183 balls to bring up his century. Agarwal stood tall despite India losing an early wicket of Rohit Sharma on the score of 14 runs. Agarwal along with Chesteshwar Pujara brought up 138 runs to the total. Needless to say that the netizens went berserk as he slammed yet another century in the second game. India Vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score 2nd Test Match.
However, just after scoring a hundred, Agarwal made way to the pavilion as Kagiso Rabada snapped his third wicket for the day. Rabada got the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and now Agarwal. The Indian opener got out on the score of 108 runs. With this, we had Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane batting on the score of 24 and four. The netizens applauded the feat of the opener and posted tweets on social media. Check out a few of them below:
Well Deserved
Shitt yaar out hogaya 😒
But still a well deserved hundred after playing out the toughest first hour #MayankAgarwal #INDvSA
— Sampreetian FC 😎🇮🇳🔥 (@Viratian_1997) October 10, 2019
Mayank
That's the end of Mayank agarwal departs on 108(194) but we'll played #INDvSA
— Anup Mahapatra (@am_i_anup) October 10, 2019
Yet Another One
Mayank Agarwal has scored another brilliant century in the 2nd Test Match against South Africa💪!
IND 198/3 (61 ov) - Mayank Agarwal 108 OUT, Virat Kohli 8*.
Next Batsmen in is Ajinka Rahane#boltcricket #cricketonbolt pic.twitter.com/FuJkixzsUL
— BOLT Cricket ⚡ (@BoltCricket) October 10, 2019
Records
Second Test hundred for Mayank Agarwal.
It was at Pune where Mayank hit his first triple hundred (304*) v Maharashtra in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy season. That innings changed his fortunes
Hit a triple ton after registering a pair v Hyderabad#INDvsSA #INDvSA
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) October 10, 2019
Last One
Mayank Agarwal is making centuries a habit now#INDvSA
— SaiSriMourya (@SaiSriMourya) October 10, 2019
With this, Mayank Agarwal joined Virender Sehwag and became the second opener to score a back-to-back century against South Africa. Viru got the record way back in 2009-2010. As of now, India has made a total of 219 runs for the loss of three wickets.
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