India and England are facing each other in the third game of the five-match Test series at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot. In this match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first.
While batting at Rajkot, Rohit Sharma achieved some remarkable records to his name. Surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit has now reached the fifth position in terms of scoring the most runs for India in international cricket. While captaining for India, Tendulkar has got 4508 runs to his name. He is now ranked behind only Virat Kohli (12883), MS Dhoni (11207), Mohammad Azharuddin (8095), and Sourav Ganguly (7643) in this list.
Rohit Sharma has attained the fourth spot in the list of highest international run-scorers for India, surpassing the former captain Sourav Ganguly, who had scored 18,575 runs in international cricket.
Rohit Sharma has also become the ninth Indian batter to score 2000+ runs against England in international cricket. Before Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Yuvraj Singh, and Dilip Vengsarkar have reached this milestone.
In this match, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel, both players are making their debut for team India. As KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are out of the team, these youngsters have got a chance to showcase their talent.
India Playing For The 3rd Test (Rajkot Test) vs England:
Rohit Sharma(C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
England Playing XI For The 3rd Test(Rajkot Test) vs India:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson
