Indian captain Rohit Sharma received to 2000 runs as Test opener throughout his aspect’s second Test match towards West Indies on Thursday.
Sharma reached the landmark in his fortieth innings as a Test opener, turning into the second quickest Indian opener to succeed in 2000 runs, behind Virender Sehwag (39 innings).
In the method, he turned the primary Indian batter (tenth total) to get to 2000 runs within the World Test Championships.
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Sunil Gavaskar leads the run tally for Indian Test openers with 9607 runs, with Sehwag second with 8207 runs.
Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped India to a speedy begin after West Indies received the toss and opted to bowl first within the one centesimal Test match between the 2 sides. The Indian captain additionally turned the second opener to attain 450 sixes in worldwide cricket, after West Indies’ Chris Gayle.
The Indian opening duo had laid the inspiration for India’s dominant innings-win towards the Caribbean aspect within the first Test, with a 229-run partnership, with each openers scoring tons of.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com