Sehwag Hails Rohit's Brilliant Exploits As Newly Promoted Opener In Test Cricket

"Fantastic test match for @ImRo45, a dream beginning to opening the batting in Test cricket. Wish him the very best. That was a convincing win for India with some great contributions from Mayank, Shami, Ashwin , Pujara . #IndvSA (sic.)" said Sehwag in a tweet.

Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag lauded the efforts of Rohit Sharma for the brilliant start he made as an opening batsman in Test cricket. Rohit struck a record equalling successive tons - 174 and 127 in India's first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam. The hosts ended up winning the match by a massive margin of 203 runs. India team management's decision to promote Rohit up the order, who has had contrasting careers in Test and limited overs cricket, has often drawn similarities to former captain Sourav Ganguly's decision to allow Sehwag to open the innings. The latter's aggressive approach led to him scoring two triple centuries in a career in which he was one of the most feared opening batsmen in the world.

"Fantastic test match for @ImRo45, a dream beginning to opening the batting in Test cricket. Wish him the very best. That was a convincing win for India with some great contributions from Mayank, Shami, Ashwin , Pujara . #IndvSA (sic.)" said Sehwag in a tweet.

Fantastic test match for @ImRo45 , a dream beginning to opening the batting in Test cricket. Wish him the very best. That was a convincing win for India with some great contributions from Mayank, Shami, Ashwin , Pujara . #IndvSA

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 6, 2019

Sachin Tendulkar also congratulated India for their victory. "Congratulations to #TeamIndia for going up 1-0 in the series. Well played! #INDvSA" he tweeted.

Harbhajan Singh took note of Mohammed Shami's effort. Shami took five wickets on the final day while Ravindra Jadeja took four to help India dismiss South Africa for 191. "Well done @MdShami11 for your brilliant spell.. 5 wicket hauls.. brilliant??.. India won the first test congratulations @BCCI," he said.