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Rohit Sharma emulates Kohli, Gambhir after stellar South Africa show

By Saurabh Sharma October 23, 2019 • 14:42 PM View: 780

Dubai, Oct 23: Rohit Sharma on Wednesday became the third India batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats of the men's game after a memorable series against South Africa in which he donned the role of Test opener.

Rohit emulated captain Virat Kohli and retired India opener Gautam Gambhir as his knock of 212 in the third Test in Ranchi helped him advance 12 places to 10th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings, the ICC said in a statement.

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