The Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma was seen emulating veteran South African batter, Faf du Plessis in the Indian dressing room during the first Test match of the two-match Test series against Dimuth Karunaratne-led Sri Lanka at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, on Friday, March 4. Earlier in the game, Rohit Sharma had won the toss and decided to bat first.

Rohit Sharma is leading India for the very first time in the longest format of the game. He was appointed as Test captain of the team after Virat Kohli resigned from his role following the Test series defeat in South Africa. He becomes the 35th Indian player to lead the team in the purest format of the game and he is overall only 5th Indian cricketer after Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Ajinkya Rahane to lead India in all 3 formats.

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Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was seen emulating the batting style of Proteas batsman Faf du Plessis in the dressing room during the 43rd over of India’s first innings when India was at 164/2 with Virat Kohli and Hanuma Vihari out in middle. Here is the video of Rohit Sharma emulating Faf du Plessis:

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Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis is regarded as one of the finest South African batsmen of all time. While playing for the Proteas, Faf featured in  69 Tests, 143 ODIs, and 50 T20Is for the country. He has scored 4163 runs in Tests, 5507 runs in ODIs, and 1528 runs in T20Is.

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Talking about the performance of India skipper Rohit in his debut Test as captain, he failed to score big runs for the team and was dismissed by Lahiru Kumara in the 10th over. He was able to score just 29 runs off 28 deliveries, including 6 fours in the first innings of the match.