India vs England: How Rohit Sharma survived edges, dropped catches, and DRS to compile one of his finest hundreds
Rohit Sharma dropped his bat down at the non-striker’s end during India’s nightmarish first hour as he seemingly couldn’t comprehend what was happening, and had to see the big screen replays to suss out if there was any devil on the pitch. Near the end of day’s play, he would fling his cap in frustration in the dressing room when Sarfaraz Khan, who revealed the true nature of the pitch with the jazziest knock of the day, was run out after a horrible mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja. In between these two moments with bat and the cap, he led India’s revival along with Jadeja and enjoyed Sarfaraz’s own version of Bazball as India recovered from 33 for 3 to end on 320 for 5.In the end, it was the oldest plan in the book that got him. Telegraphed by the English that we have no other option but th...