Rohit Sharma sets India up for final kill in Vizag Test
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Rohit Sharma sets India up for final kill in Vizag Test

The Hindu  

India's newest Test opener Rohit Sharma gave yet another tantalising glimpse of his potential as India ended the day on the ascendancy having set South Africa a daunting target of 395 here at the ADC-VDCA Stadium on Saturday. After Ravichandran Ashwin had removed Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada to hand India a 71-run first-innings lead, Sharma became the first Indian opener since Sunil Gavaskar to score two hundreds in one Test. READ | Rohit's twin hundreds make record books Sharma, meanwhile, got stuck into Maharaj collecting two fours and as many sixes off him before lunch. And when he launched Piedt over long-off for a maximum — his third of the innings and ninth of the match — he became the Indian batsman with most sixes in a single Test going past Navjot Singh Sidhu's tally of eight.

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