IND vs SA: Mayank Agarwal's blast, equals his favorite Virender Sehwag's special record

The search of Team India's test opener is being completed as Mayank Agarwal. The Karnataka batsman scored a century on the first day of the second Test against South Africa on Thursday and equaled a special record. Mayank, 28, who scored a double century in the Visakhapatnam Test, scored 108 runs in 195 balls with 16 fours and two sixes on the first day of the Pune Test. With this, Mayank played the second hundred in a row, playing the second consecutive Test on home soil.

Mayank on Thursday completed his second century in 183 balls after tea. During this, he scored 16 fours and 2 sixes. Mayank did not manage to convert his century into a big innings and after scoring 108 runs in 195 balls, he was caught by Fof Duplesey at slip off Rabada.
Mayank equaled his favorite Team India's former explosive opener Virender Sehwag's 9-year-old record as he scored a century in Pune. Mayank Agarwal has become the second Indian batsman to score two consecutive Test centuries against South Africa. Earlier, Sehwag had scored 109 and 165 runs against African team in Nagpur and Kolkata Tests in February 2010. After that no other Indian batsman could do it against South Africa. Now Mayank equaled Sehwag.

Mayank's poor performance in the second innings

Mayank Agarwal, who made his Test debut at home against Australia, is constantly running the bat. Mayank, who scored a double century in Visakhapatnam's first innings, remained silent in the second innings of the Test. In 10 innings of 6 Tests played so far, Mayank has scored 605 runs at an average of 60.50. His bat in the first innings has been 76, 77, 5, 55, 215, 108 and his average is 89.33. In the second innings, his average is just 17.25. His highest score is 42 in the second innings and he has not scored a single half-century. While in the first innings he has scored two centuries and three half-centuries.