Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli broke 7 big records in Sydney, records of many legends were destroyed.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 168-run partnership led India to a 9-wicket win over Australia. Rohit returned unbeaten after scoring 121 runs and Virat 74 runs. Thanks to the strong innings of Virat-Rohit, Team India had achieved the target of 237 runs with 69 balls remaining. During this period, both of them together have destroyed many records.

Rohit and Virat broke 7 big records

Most ODI centuries against Australia- Rohit Sharma has become equal to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring most centuries in ODIs against Australia. This was his 9th century against the Kangaroo team, Sachin had also scored 9 centuries in ODI against Australia. Whereas Virat is at second place in this matter with 8 centuries.

Most centuries as an opener- Rohit Sharma has now scored 45 centuries as an opener in international cricket. In this matter he has reached the level of Sachin Tendulkar (45). The record for scoring most centuries as an opener in international cricket is in the name of David Warner, who scored 49 centuries.

Rohit-Kohli 100+ partnership- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made partnerships of more than 100 runs 19 times in ODI cricket. Among the pairs that have made a partnership of 100+ runs, Rohit-Kohli is now behind only Tillakaratne Dilshan-Kumar Sangakkara (20) and Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly (26).

Highest score of 50+ while chasing- Virat Kohli has now become the batsman to score the most 50+ while chasing in ODIs. This was his 70th innings of chasing in ODI, whereas Sachin Tendulkar had done so 69 times.

Most runs in ODI- Virat Kohli has now become the second highest run scorer in ODI cricket. While playing an inning of 74 runs, Virat has left Kumar Sangakkara (14234) behind. Virat has now scored 14,255 runs. Now only Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) is ahead of him.

50 centuries in international cricket- Rohit Sharma has now become only the third Indian to score 50 centuries in Test, ODI and T20 combined. Before him, only Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries) and Virat Kohli (82) have been able to do this.

Record of playing most matches together- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have equaled Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in terms of playing most number of matches together in international cricket. This was Virat-Rohit’s 391st international match together, Sachin-Dravid had also played the same number of matches together.

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