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Rohit Sharma’s final ODI century got here in opposition to Afghanistan on 11 October, 2023.© BCCI
India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday slammed his 32 ODI century, his first within the format since October 2023. Rohit achieved the milestone through the 2nd ODI in opposition to England on the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. This was Rohit’s first century in any format since March final 12 months, 338 days to be exact, whereas his final ODI ton got here in opposition to Afghanistan on the ODI World Cup on October 11, 2023 (487 days). On Sunday, Rohit reached triple figures in 76 balls.
Rohit’s knock comes as an enormous aid for India with the Champions Trophy set to get underway in precisely 10 days from now.
Chasing a giant complete of 305 runs, India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill began off the innings with a constructive intent.
Rohit began attacking the quick bowlers from the primary over. In a while, Gill additionally joined the get together. Earlier than the cease of play, Rohit had scored an unbeaten 29 runs whereas Gill scored 17* runs.
Earlier within the day, the Three Lions skipper Jos Buttler received the toss and elected to bat first.
For India, Virat Kohli comes again after restoration from a sore knee and Yashasvi Jaiswal sits out. Varun Chakravarthy can be set to make his ODI debut. However, for England, Mark Wooden, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton come again into the enjoying XI.
Within the first innings, the Jos Buttler-led facet was bowled out for 304 runs in 49.5 overs. Knocks got here from Ben Duckett and Joe Root.
Jadeja was the decide of the bowlers for India. The 36-year-old participant snapped three wickets in his spell of 10 overs the place he conceded 35 runs and bowled one maiden over in his spell. Three wickets got here via a run-out, out of which two got here within the final over of the innings. One wicket every was bagged by Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, and Mohammed Shami of their respective spells.
(With ANI Inputs)
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