India has defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the third ODI. Rohit Sharma made an important contribution to Team India’s victory by playing the match-winning inning of 121 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli also returned unbeaten after playing a half-century inning of 74 runs. India may have won the third ODI match played in Sydney, but Australia has won the series 2-1. This is also the first win of Shubman Gill as ODI captain.

The Indian bowlers did not allow the Australian batsmen to play even the full 50 overs. Batting first, the Kangaroo team was able to score only 236 runs. Harshit Rana took the maximum of 4 wickets for India, which is also Harshit’s best performance in any ODI match so far.

Virat-Rohit Sharma shined

Team India, which was chasing the small target of 237 runs, lost the wicket of Shubman Gill at the score of 69. Shubman Gill was out after scoring only 24 runs. Gill’s bat remained silent in this series, scoring only 43 runs in 3 innings. But Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma together took the lead and gave India victory.

Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 121 runs, which was the 33rd century of his ODI career and 50th century of his international career. They made a not out partnership of 168 runs for the second wicket. This was the 19th time in ODI, when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had a partnership of more than 100 runs. Now only Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly and Kumar Sangakkara-Tilakaratne Dilshan are ahead of him in terms of highest partnership of 100+ runs.

Shubman Gill’s first win

Before the Australian tour, Shubman Gill was appointed the new ODI captain. Under his captaincy, Team India lost the first match by 7 wickets. The second ODI match played in Adelaide was close, but there too India lost by 2 wickets. After losing the first two matches as captain, Gill has finally hoisted the flag in Sydney.

A new update has come to light on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s return to international cricket. Rohit and Virat are going to return to the ODI series against Australia this month. The BCCI can announce the squad on 4 October for the ODI series against Australia. Virat and Rohit have not played any matches after the Champions Trophy, they are almost certain to be selected in the ODI series. However, it is also possible to postpone the date of the squad.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both took retirement from T20 format after the 2024 T20 World Cup victory. At the same time, before the England tour, he also said goodbye to Test cricket. After his retirement, the captaincy of the T20 team has gone into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav. On the other hand, Shubman Gill has become the new Test captain.

The Indian team’s Australian tour will run till 19 October-8 November. The first 3 -match ODI series will be played, in which Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can also be seen playing. After that there is a series of 5 T20 matches.

Rohit Sharma will captain

In the ODI series against Australia, Rohit Sharma will captain, Virat Kohli is also selected in the team. Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant will not play in the ODI series against Australia due to injury. There has been speculation for the last several weeks that after the Australian tour, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s team may be discharged. These are just rumors for the present, but some selectors believe that Rohit and Virat should not remain in the team till 2027 World Cup. Discussion on this subject is possible soon.

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