Rohit Sharma has seen ups and downs as a captain in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia.
Rohit Sharma has scored 207 runs in 3 Tests, with one century coming from his bat. He has the opportunity to emulate one of Sunil Gavaskar’s records as he is set to lead India in the fourth Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gavaskar is considered the greatest Indian Test batter by many former players.
Rohit can become the second India captain to hit two hundreds against Australia at home.
Sharma is among the six Indian skippers who have hit a century against the Aussies in red-ball cricket in home conditions.
Gavaskar had a successful series in 1979, scoring 425 runs in a 6-match series against a Kim Hughes-led Australia. He had hit 2 hundreds and as many fifties.
Most Test hundreds by an Indian captain at home
Sunil Gavaskar – 2 in 6 Tests – 425 runs
MS Dhoni – 1 in 8 Tests – 643 runs
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 1 in 8 Tests – 490 runs
Mohammad Azharuddin – 1 in 3 Tests – 311 runs
Kapil Dev – 1 in 3 Tests – 120 runs
Rohit Sharma – 1 in 3 Tests – 207 runs*
