Rohit Sharma Hits Maiden Test Double Century, Becomes First Indian to Score 500-Plus in an IND vs SA Series! Twitterati Praise Hitman For Scripting Incredible Records

Shattering records is quite a regular business for Hitman Rohit Sharma. Ever since he has been handed over with the role of an opener, Sharma has been blazing guns by scoring centuries one after the other. Now on the day 2 of India vs South Africa of the second Test match, Sharma brought up his maiden double ton during the on-going Test match at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi. Sharma faced 249 balls to get this feat. With this, Rohit Sharma went on to become the first Indian batsman to have scored 500 plus runs against South Africa. Needless to say, Twitter went berserk with Sharma’s feat and posted tweets about the same. India Vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score 3rd Test Match

So far in the three-match Test series, Rohit Sharma had brought 176 runs to the total in the first Test match in Vishakhapatnam in the first Test match. In the second innings, he was blazing guns once again with the score of 127 runs from 149 balls. However, in the second Test match, Sharma could not stay longer on the field as he got out on 14 runs. But once again made a strong comeback in the third Test. This has impressed his fans from all over the world as they posted tweets praising Sharma.

Check out a few tweets below:

Sharma Changing gears

Yet another one

Brilliant

On a rampage

Last one

With this, India now stands on the score of 357 runs for the loss of four wickets. India lost a wicket of Ajinkya Rahane on the score of 115 runs. As of now we have Ravindra Jadeja batting on the score of 15 runs alongside the Indian opener.

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