The advice had to be ignored, Rohit Sharma created a furore on the pitch on which the kangaroos danced!

Showed Australia how to play

Indian team captain Rohit Sharma showed Australia how to bat in the Nagpur Test. The entire Australian team was all out for 177 runs on the Nagpur pitch. None of their batsmen looked comfortable on the pitch. He struggled against both spinners and fast bowlers. Rohit attacked from the very first ball on the same pitch. In the very first over of the Indian innings, Rohit Sharma hit Pat Cummins for three fours. After this he did not look back. Rohit completed his fifty off 66 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six. At stumps, he was playing on 56 runs. India’s score is 77 runs.

Targeted Cummins and Lion

Rohit Sharma hit all his boundaries against India’s two main bowlers, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon. Against the world’s number one bowler Cummins, Rohit scored 23 runs in 11 balls with the help of 5 fours. At the same time, against Lion, Rohit scored 28 runs in 41 balls. This included 4 fours and a six. He scored 2 runs in 6 balls against young fast bowler Scott Boland and 3 runs in 10 balls against debutant Todd Murphy.

IND vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: After bowlers, Rohit Sharma did counter attack with bat, Australia on backfoot on day one