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Ranchi Test: Rohit, Rahane help India win Day 1 honours against South Africa

By Saurabh Sharma October 19, 2019 • 16:37 PM View: 1036

Ranchi, Oct 19: A brilliant century from Rohit Sharma, who was well supported by vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, helped India get past early jitters and take a commanding position on Day 1 of the third and final Test against South Africa at the JSCA Stadium on Saturday. With bad light forcing an early end to the day's play, India's scpre read 224/3 at stumps with Rohit and Rahane batting on 117 and 83 respectively.

Earlier in the day, India skipper got lucky with the toss for the third time in a row and elected to bat without any hesitation. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem was handed his Test debut as he was included in the side in place of Ishant Sharma.

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