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Indias Rohit Sharma became the first batsman to score hundreds in his Test as opener while breaking the record for the most sixes in a Test as India continued to dominate South Africa.
As India set South Africa 395 to win in Visakhapatnam having made 176 at the first innings, 127 was struck by Rohit on Saturday.
South Africa closed afternoon among the first Test on 11-1 – opener Dean Elgar, that made 160 in the first innings, falling into spinner Ravindra Jadeja.
Rohit completed surpassing the 12 hit in 1996 by Pakistans Wasim Akram from Zimbabwe.
He smacked six sixes in his early innings and seven at his second knock, even while Wasim struck all 12 in Sheikhupura in an unbeaten 257.
Rohit, 32, has an fantastic record as a global openerbut hadnt managed to replicate that success acting as a middle-order batsman in Test cricket.
Hed made three centuries in his previous 27 Tests, at an average of 39.62, however in his very first start since an opener he put on 317 to his first wicket with Mayank Agarwal, that produced 215 as India announced on 502-7.
South Africa produced 431 thanks to centuries in Quinton de Kock and Elgar, in response, a shortage of 71.
Rohit played to attain 127 away 149 balls, also hitting 10 fours.
His final total of 303 runs in the match is the most ever by a batsman in their maiden Evaluation as opener, exceeding Sri Lankas Tillakaratne Dilshan, that left 215 at 2009 from New Zealand in Galle.
Rohit also became the only the second India opener to strike twin hundreds in a match after Sunil Gavaskar, who did it three days, and also the sixth India batsman overall, using Vijay Hazare, Rahul Dravid (double ), Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane also having achieved the feat.
Hes also the first India batsman to become stumped in the innings of a Test away Keshav Maharaj, been shrouded in his first-class career.
With the remainder of the line-up of India assaulting to prepare the announcement, the hosts ended from Pakistan, beating New Zealands 22 with 27 sixes in the game – the most by a single team in a Test in Sharjah at 2014.
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