Rajkot, Feb 15 (Reporter) India Captain Rohit Sharma rode back to a cracking form with a century on Day 1 of the third Test against England at Niranjan Shah Stadium here on Thursday. This was his 11th Test ton which was notched up in 157 deliveries, including 11 boundaries and 2 sixes. The century came off 157 balls after Tea as Rohit stitched an unbeaten 150-run partnership for the fourth wicket after India suffered a top-order collapse. His innings was decorated with 11 boundaries and 2 sixes. The Mumbaikar had smashed his last century against West Indies last year. Rohit also pipped Sourav Ganguly by becoming the most runs for India in International cricket. Ganguly had scored 18,575 international runs. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 34,357 runs, and Virat Kohli trails him with 26,733. Rohit also surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the list of most sixes by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. At 36 years and 291 days, he also became the oldest India captain to score an international hundred, breaking a record held by Vijay Hazare since 1951. Putting his experience to good use, Rohit played out the difficult morning phase when James Anderson and Mark Wood were reverse-swinging and troubling the Indian batsmen. Rohit stood his ground despite losing three of the top-order batsmen, cheaply. He also took blows on his body after Yashasvi Jaiswal (10), Shubman Gill (0) and Rajat Patidar (5) were goners in the first hour of the day's play. India's captain was also lucky going his way when Joe Root dropped him batting on 27, denying left-arm spinner Tom Hartley his second wicket. Thereafter he put down his head and soon grew in confidence and timed the ball sweetly with Jadeja giving him good support at the other end. Rohit was under pressure as his last 8 innings went without a fifty. Therefore, he played and missed in the first hour as India fielded one of their most inexperienced batting lineups. Nevertheless, he answered his critics in style with a hundred...////...