Rohit Sharma who made his initial appearance in 2015 in the Cricket World Cup is now hold several batting records. Both the 2018 and 2023 Asia Cups were won by India while he was captain. Being one of only four players to have participated in every ICC T20 World Cup, from the first one in 2007 to the most recent one in 2022, he is renowned for his leadership, grace, timing, and six-hitting prowess. Read about South Africa’s Test Record of Rohit Sharma.
India vs. South Africa 2023 Test Match
For the first time, Rohit Sharma will be taking the lead. They do have three young, captivating batsmen who are going to be playing their first Test in South Africa: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Shreyas Iyer. They have never victorious in a Test series in South Africa as a team. India has played 23 Test matches in South Africa since 1996, winning just four of them and never more than once in a series.
Having chosen to be rested for the T20I and ODI series, he will captain India in the two-match Test series against South Africa. Rohit will play for India for the first time since the World Cup final against Australia on November 19, 2023, where India defeated by six wickets. The first Test will start on December 26 at the SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, Gauteng. He averages the lowest in South Africa of all the nations he has played Tests in.
Read Also:- KL Rahul in Test Series | What is KL Rahul’s South African record?
South Africa’s Test Record of Rohit Sharma
According to his personal record, he has participated in four Test matches in South Africa and averaged 15.37 while scoring 123 runs. During the 2013–14 series, Rohit played two Test matches in South Africa, where he scored 45 runs at an average of 11.25. During the 2017–18 South Africa tour, the Indian batsman played in two Test matches and scored 78 runs at an average of 19.50.
In the third Test match against South Africa in October 2019, Sharma achieved his milestone of 2,000 runs and his first-ever double century in Test cricket. In his first-ever appearance as an opening batsman, Sharma became the first batsman to reach two hundred in a match on October 5, 2019, during a Test match against South Africa.
Read Also:- What is Jasprit Bumrah’s South African Test record?