India may have lost the series in the third ODI match played on Saturday at Sydney Cricket Ground, but Indian cricket fans got something which they will not be able to forget for a long time. Two stalwarts of Team India – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli once again returned to their best form and together they made an unbeaten partnership of 168 runs to give India a spectacular victory.
Chasing the target of 237 runs given by Australia, India took charge of the batting after an opening partnership of 69 runs. Rohit scored unbeaten 121 runs in 125 balls, which included 13 fours and 3 sixes. There itself, Virat Kohli Played a responsible inning of 74 unbeaten runs in 81 balls, which included 7 fours. Both the batsmen together took the team to the target in just 39.2 overs.
Roko made this record
This was the ‘Ro-Ko’ pair’s 12th 150+ partnership, equaling the iconic pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. Not only this, this pair has now completed 100+ partnerships for the 19th time in ODI history, thereby making them Rohit Sharma And left Shikhar Dhawan (18 partnerships, 117 innings) behind.
Highest 100+ partnerships in ODI
26 Tendulkar-Ganguly (176 innings)
20 Dilshan – Sangakkara (108)
19 Rohit-Kohli (101)*
18 Rohit – Shikhar (117)
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Most involved in 100+ partnerships (ODI)
99 Sachin Tendulkar
82 Virat Kohli*
72 Ricky Ponting
68 Rohit Sharma*
67 Kumar Sangakkara
This was the condition of the match
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Captain Mitchell Marsh (50 in 41 balls) and Travis Head (29) gave a solid start by making a partnership of 61 runs. But the Indian bowlers made a brilliant comeback and the entire Australian team was all out for 236 runs in 46.4 overs.
Young fast bowler Harshit Rana performed brilliantly for India, taking 4 wickets for 39 runs in 8.4 overs. Washington Sundar took 2 wickets, while Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.
Chasing the target, India registered a one-sided victory thanks to the unbroken partnership of Rohit-Kohli. Rohit Sharma was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his century and ‘Player of the Series’ for his best performance in the series (202 runs, 1 century and 1 half-century).
Most ODI centuries by foreign batsmen in Australia:
1️⃣ Rohit Sharma – 6 centuries (33 innings)
2️⃣ Virat Kohli – 5 centuries (32 innings)
3️⃣ Kumar Sangakkara – 5 centuries (49 innings)
Most ODI centuries against an opposition team:
1️⃣ Virat Kohli – 10 vs Sri Lanka
2️⃣ Virat Kohli – 9 vs West Indies
3️⃣ Sachin Tendulkar – 9 vs Australia
4️⃣ Rohit Sharma – 9 vs Australia
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