The third match between India versus Australia in the tour of India tour of Australia, showcased the value of experience. After losing the first two matches of the series, the legendary players of the team India Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli performed the really well and registered a comfortable victory over Australia by keeping 9 wickets in hand. Rohit Sharma smashed another century in his career and 9th against Australia. So let’s get into the article to look back to the game.
Highlighting moments of the game between India versus Australia
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and the openers of Australian team played well. The captain of the side Mitchell Marsh contributed 41 while
Travis Head added 29 to the total.
Matthew Short added 32 in his account while Matt Renshaw smashed 56 and Alex Carey contributed 24. The bowling unit of the team India removed wickets at regular intervals. Cooper Connolly able to score 23 in his account while Mitchell Owen and Mitchell Starc contributed 1 and 2 respectively.
Nathan Ellis contributed 16 while Adam Zampa was not out after scoring 2 and Josh Hazlewood was not able to open his account. Australia under the innings in 46.4 overs for 236.
In the reply, the team India chased down the target easily. India lost the captain Shubman Gill for just 24. After that, we witnessed for the vintage Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Both performed really well and provided is strong reply to the critics. Rohit Sharma smashed 121 and Virat Kohli contributed 74 to the total. Team India won the game by 9 wickets in hand. Virat Kohli has also touched a new milestone and become the second player on the list of the most number of runs in the ODI format.
Rohit Sharma scored his 33rd ODI century and the 9th against Australia. The pair – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have more than 26000 ODI runs now. In this match, they finished with an unbroken stand of 168.
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