'Isko WTC me kya rog aa gya tha' - Fans react as Rohit Sharma completes 3500 runs in Test cricket

Rohit Sharma (Source: Twitter)

Ever since Rohit Sharma started opening the batting for India in Tests, he has become a different player. Rohit has changed his technique for Test cricket and plays the ball lately. The Indian captain firing at the top has meant that the team has a reliable batter in the top order.

After becoming an opener, Rohit Sharma has been one of the best Test batters in world cricket. As an opening batter, Rohit has scored 1955 runs in 39 innings at an impressive average of 52.84, including 7 hundred and 4 fifty. Rohit Sharma's conversion rate has been very good. The Mumbai batter has often converted his starts to big ones.

Dependable opening batter in Test cricket

In the very first series as an opener, Sharma showed his capabilities against South Africa. In 4 innings, Rohit scored 529 runs at an average of 132.25, including 3 hundred. When India needed to win the home series against England at all costs to enter the final of the World Test Championship 2019-21, Rohit scored 345 runs in 7 innings at an average of 57.50, including 161 in Chennai in a must-win game.

When India toured England in July 2021, Rohit was the best batter for India in the series. In 8 innings, Sharma scored 368 runs at an average of 52.57, including a hundred and 2 fifty. Earlier this year, India needed to win the series against Australia to enter the finals of the World Test Championship 2021-23. The Indian opener scored 242 runs in 6 innings at an average of 40.33, including a hundred in Nagpur. The series had some of the toughest pitches in recent times.

In the new cycle of the World Test Championship for 2023-25, Rohit has started well by scoring a hundred against West Indies, his first in the land of Caribbean islands. In the process, the 36-year-old has also achieved the milestone of 3500 runs in the format. The revival of the test career of Rohit Sharma has been one of the highlights of Indian Test cricket in the last few years.

Here's how the fans reacted to Rohit Sharma's milestone:

Isko baccho ke samne khelao aus ,eng ,nz, ke samne kisi or ko team me moka do

— Shubham Kumar (@Shubhams1915) July 14, 2023

Isko WTC me kya rog agya tha bachho ke samane 100 mar rha hai waha to hug Diya

— Pankaj Singh Rathore (@spankaj2859) July 13, 2023

36 saal kaa hai aur ab complete kiya hai 😭😭😭

— (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡/#burger (@kyabataubhai) July 13, 2023

After 17 years of career 🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Divyansh 🇮🇳 (@DirectDpk) July 13, 2023

"Greatest milestone of all time"

1st player to achieve this milestone 💪

— RP17 🏏 (@GautamAditya16) July 13, 2023

At age 36
My reaction: pic.twitter.com/6X6yKtBFo1

— Vedant Joshi (@vjoshi_22) July 14, 2023

Imagine If He Had Opened For Team India From 2007 Or Even From 2013 In Test Cricket, Would Have Been Somewhere Near To Sachin Tendulkar In Terms Of Greatness @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/gQbyMLV31h

— Shailendra Mishra (@imShail_3) July 13, 2023

And Stuart broad has 3640 test runs. We're massive. pic.twitter.com/sympoWs8tI

— biki/🐦/ (@mcg82__) July 13, 2023

3500 at the age of 36. I mean commn .

— Mid Wicket (@LawlSagittarius) July 13, 2023

Don Bradman must be turning in his grave.

And Sunil Gavaskar on his couch.

— Life • Purpose • Joy (@LifePurposeJoy) July 14, 2023