India, Dec. 3 -- Rohit Sharma's innings was fun while it lasted. He watched runs come by thick and fast for India as South Africa's pacers sprayed the ball all across. With 13 extras being gifted inside the first six overs, Rohit was under no pressure to up the ante, especially after Yashasvi Jaiswal got the scoreboard moving. Still, when it came to Rohit, he provided entertainment to a packed Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.

Rohit faced three balls in the first four overs, so when he took strike against Nandre Burger, the former India captain struck a hat-trick of boundaries - two were off the middle of the bat and one off its edge. However, the left-arm pacer soon had his revenge. Fifth ball of the over, as t...