There was a lot of expectations around Rohit Sharma in New Raipur as he scored a brilliant fifty in the previous ODI match in Ranchi. In the second match, the opener started his batting well, but could not convert it for a big run. Rohit Sharma could not do anything special in the Raipur ODI and was out after scoring only 14 runs, but during his innings, Rohit Sharma has left Rahul Dravid behind in terms of scoring the most international runs in India. Rahul Dravid had scored 9004 international runs while playing in India. Now, Rohit has gone ahead of him.
Rohit Sharma improves his record tally
Rohit now has a total of 9005 runs in international cricket in India. Let us tell you that Sachin Tendulkar has the most runs in international cricket in India. Tendulkar has scored 14192 international runs in India. Rohit Sharma is also the fourth Indian batsman to reach 9,000 international runs. He reached the milestone in 207 innings. In the second ODI,
Rohit hit three fours during his 14-run innings. He was caught by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock off Nandre Burger. Speaking of the match, the second match of the ODI series is being played between India and South Africa. South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is the 20th consecutive match in which the Indian team has lost the toss.
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Playing XIs:
India’s playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa’s playing XI
Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brewis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi