Rohit Sharma became the first batter in the history of Test
cricket to register 30 consecutive double-digit figures. The record previously
belonged to Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene who had 29 double-digit scores
to his name but Rohit surpassed him during Day 4 of the second Test match
against West Indies in Port of Spain. Often regarded as a specialist in
white-ball cricket, Rohit has truly shown over the last couple of years that he
is as good a batter in Test cricket, as he is in limited-overs formats.
A look at the last
30 Test innings of Rohit Sharma - 12, 161, 26, 66, 25*, 49, 34, 30, 36, 12*,
83, 21, 19, 59, 11, 127, 29, 15, 46, 120, 32, 31, 12, 12, 35, 15, 43, 103, 80,
57. Rohit looked in tremendous form once again as he slammed a brilliant half-century
and stitched together a decent partnership with new opening partner Yashasvi
Jaiswal to put India in a commanding position.
India declared
their second innings at 181 for 2 during the final session on day four, giving
the West Indies a difficult target of 365 to win the second Test on Sunday.
Shubman Gill and
Ishan Kishan remained not out on 29 and 52 respectively when the declaration
was made on a rain-marred day.
Only three overs
were possible in the afternoon session due to rain as India extended their lead
to 301 runs at tea.
India, who raced to
98 for one before an early lunch was taken due to rain, added 20 runs in three
overs with the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal (38 off 30) before heavens opened up
again at the Queen's Park Oval.