IND vs AUS: The first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy is currently being played in Nagpur. On the first day of this Test, the Australian team won the toss. And came out to play first and was reduced to just 177. At the same time, till the end of the second day of this match. Team India’s score has been 321 runs for 7 wickets. Team India’s lead is 144 runs at this time. While all the batsmen were finding it difficult to bat on this pitch. Team India captain Rohit Sharma hit a brilliant century. Whereas batsmen like KL Rahul and Virat Kohli failed again.

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Had to Work Hard for his 120 Against Australia as it is Not Easy to Bat on this Pitch

India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour on Friday said Rohit Sharma had to work hard for his 120 against Australia as the pitch was not easy to bat on and required special effort to score runs on it. Rohit’s century along with half-centuries from Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel helped India take a 144-run lead in the first innings on the second day of the first Test cricket match.

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Rathour said after the end of the day’s play, “It was a special innings from Rohit and it was good to see him scoring runs. He showed good spirit and it was a very important innings. Because it was not easy to bat on this pitch. Rohit has played some brilliant innings since he started opening but his three centuries stand out. Including 161 in Chennai. , including a century at The Oval and a century on a slow pitch here on Friday.

Rohit’s Praise

Rathore said, “This is the specialty of his batting. He scored runs on the fast pitches of England. B ut if we talk about his innings then he had to work hard to score runs. Usually Rohit gets runs easily after scoring a few runs in the beginning but here he had to work hard.