Bengaluru: India won the sixth series from Australia; Kohli is the fastest captain to score 5000 runs, Rohit completed 9 thousand runs
- Australia scored 286 runs, India won by scoring 289 runs for 3 wickets in 47.3 overs.
- India won the three-ODI series 2-1, winning both matches after losing the first match.
- Rohit Sharma scored 119, Virat Kohli smashed 89, both shared 137 runs.
- Steve Smith scored 131 runs, scoring a century in ODIs 3 years later; Labushane’s first half-century.
Australia gave India a target of 287 runs in the last match of the three ODI series. Australia won the toss and decided to bat at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. He scored 286 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. India’s Shreyas Iyer is at the crease in reply. Rohit Sharma was out for 119 runs. He scored a career-high 29th century. He was caught by Jampa at the hands of Stark. Rohit-Kohli shared a 137-run partnership for the second wicket. Kohli hit his career’s 57th half-century. He was out after scoring 89.
Kohli broke Dhoni’s record
Kohli became the fastest captain to score 5000 runs. He achieved this feat in the 82nd innings. In this case, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (127 innings) left behind. Kohli hit his career’s 57th half-century.
Rohit is the second fastest Indian to score 9 thousand runs
Rohit completed his 9000 runs in ODIs. He is the second Indian to score the fastest 9 thousand runs. Kohli did this in 194 innings. At the same time, Rohit took 217 innings, before this, Steve Smith scored 131 for Australia and Marnash Labushane scored 54 runs. Mohammed Shami took 4 and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets for India.
Rohit became the third Indian to score 8 centuries against Australia. Before him Sachin Tendulkar has scored 9 and Kohli has scored 8 centuries. Rohit-Kohli formed a century partnership for the 18th time. They are third in terms of century partnership. The others are Sachin and Sourav Ganguly (26 times) and Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara (20 times).
Rahul-Rohit shared a 69-run partnership for the first wicket
Lokesh Rahul was out after scoring 19 runs. Ashton Eggar lbw him. Shikhar Dhawan did not come out to bat due to injury. Rahul-Rohit shared a 69-run partnership for the first wicket.
Dhawan injured, Rahul opens in his place
Lokesh Rahul was out after scoring 19 runs. Ashton Eggar lbw him. Shikhar Dhawan did not make the opening due to injury. Rahul-Rohit shared a 69-run partnership for the first wicket. Rahul came down to bat at number three in the first match and at number five in the second match.
Smith completed 4000 runs in ODI
Smith hit a career-high 9th century. He played a century in ODIs after 3 years. He also completed his 4000 runs in ODIs during this innings. Smith had scored a century against Pakistan on 19 January 2017. He was unbeaten after scoring 108 runs.
Labushane formed a century partnership with Smith
Alex Carey was out for 35 off Kuldeep’s bowling. He shared a 58-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Smith. Marnush Labushane returned to the pavilion for 54 runs. Kohli caught him off Jadeja’s ball. Labushane scored his first half-century of career. He shared a 127-run partnership with Smith for the third wicket before being dismissed. He hit 5 fours in a 64-ball innings.
Australian opener out
Earlier David Warner was dismissed by 3 runs. Mohammed Shami had him caught by Lokesh Rahul. Aaron Finch was runout after scoring 19 runs. The Australian team sent bowler Mitchell Starc at number five to bat, but was dismissed without opening the account. He was sent to the pavilion by Jadeja. Ashton Turner (4) was caught by Navdeep Saini in the hands of Rahul. Pat Cummins (0) and Adam Jampa (1) were bowled by Shami.
