Indian cricket group skipper Rohit Sharma regarded in elegant contact as he slammed a superb century on Day 1 of the third Test match towards England in Rajkot on Thursday. It was a virtually good knock from the veteran batter as he achieved the milestone with the assistance of 12 fours and a pair of sixes. It was a major knock with respect to the match as India misplaced the trio of Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rajat Patidar early within the first session. However, Rohit saved enjoying his pure recreation and stitched collectively a sensational partnership with Ravindra Jadeja. Thanks to the century, Rohit grew to become the oldest Indian cricket group captain to attain a Test ton.

At 36 years, 291 days, Rohit shattered the earlier file held by Vijay Hazare (at 36 years 278 days vs England in 1951). Rohit already holds the file for India in each ODIs in addition to T20Is.

India gained the toss and elected to bat towards England.

The collection is locked at 1-1 as England captain Ben Stokes is showing in his a centesimal Test.

India handed debuts to middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, a heavy scorer in home cricket for Mumbai, and younger wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel, who will exchange KS Bharat within the enjoying eleven.

England have introduced again pacer Mark Wood instead of younger spinner Shoaib Bashir.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.

(With PTI inputs)