Opener Rohit Sharma's sensational hundred (117*) put India in a good position at the end of day one of third and final Test in Ranchi.
Earlier India won the toss and opted to bat first but they started off very poorly and lost three wickets for just 39 runs and were in deep trouble but Rohit Sharma (117*) and Ajinkya Rahane (83*) added an unbeaten 185 runs for the fourth wicket brought India back into the game and at stumps India finished their innings on 224/3 with two set batsmen at crease. Rohit Sharma created some records during his 117* runs knock and here is the list of all those records.
List of records created by Rohit Sharma in his 117* runs knock against South Africa in Ranchi Test -
2 - Rohit Sharma became the second Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar (3 times) to hit 3 hundreds in a Test series. He is also the first opener to hit 3 hundreds in a Test series since November 2015 (David Warner vs New Zealand at home).
6 - Rohit Sharma's all 6 Test hundreds have come at home - the second most hundreds for a batsman without scoring one away from home.
Most hundreds at home without scoring one away -
8 - Mominul Haque
6 - Rohit Sharma
5 - Stanley Jackson / Chandu Borde
9 - Number of hundreds Rohit Sharma has scored in international cricket this year - the joint-most international hundreds by an opener in a calendar year.
Most international hundreds by openers in a calendar year -
9* - Rohit Sharma, 2019
9 - Sachin Tendulkar, 1998
9 - Graeme Smith, 2005
9 - David Warner, 2016
17 - Number of sixes Rohit Sharma has hit in this Test series - the most by a batsman in a single Test series.
Most sixes in a Test series (By batsmen) -
17 - Rohit Sharma vs SA in IND, 2019
15 - Shimron Hetmyer vs BAN in BAN, 2018
14 - Andrew Flintoff vs SA in ENG, 2003
14 - Wasim Raja vs WI in WI, 1977
14 - Matthew Hayden vs ZIM in AUS, 2003
14 - Kevin Pietersen vs AUS in ENG, 2005
14 - Shahid Afridi vs IND in PAK, 2006
14 - Harbhajan Singh vs NZ in IND, 2010
2019 - Rohit Sharma when on 98, completed 2000 runs in Test cricket - 40th Indian player to achieve this milestone.
