England’s Test tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar (Sanjay Manjrekar) Indian captain Rohit Sharma () on the first day of the third Test match being played against England in Rajkot.Rohit Sharma)’s century innings has been highly praised.

Let us tell you, Rohit Sharma batted brilliantly at Niranjan Shah Stadium on 15th February and scored 131 runs in 196 balls with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes and rescued the Indian cricket team from the initial shocks. The Indian captain made a partnership of 204 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (112) and took India to a strong score.

Rohit Sharma took chances many times: Sanjay Manjrekar

Meanwhile, Sanjay Manjrekar said that the mental strength shown by Rohit Sharma to play big innings is praiseworthy. Manjrekar further said that Rohit controlled his natural attacking game and when the England fast bowlers were putting a lot of pressure in the morning session, he was ready to bide his time and tire them out.

Sanjay Manjrekar said on ESPNcricinfo at the end of the first day’s play of the Rajkot Test: “Rohit Sharma knew this was the innings where he had to score a big score, not just 20-30 runs. When India lost 3 wickets, the responsibility of staying in the field increased even more on him. Rohit took chances many times and was lucky that Joe Root, deployed in the slips, dropped his catch.

“Rohit restrained himself from being aggressive.”

The cricket commentator further added, “But after that Rohit Sharma went back to the traditional way of mental toughness and that was really quite commendable. Ben Stokes had the ground and set a brilliant field, but Rohit restrained himself from being aggressive, which is his natural game. He and Ravindra Jadeja understood what was important in this situation.”