Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s bat has roared in the first ODI match against South Africa. Virat has scored the 76th half-century of his career, on the other hand, Rohit Sharma has scored the 60th fifty of his ODI career. Rohit played an innings of 57 runs in this match. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has also made the record of hitting most sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Now he has 352 sixes in his name.

Rohit Sharma opened with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first ODI against South Africa. Jaiswal was out after scoring just 18 runs, but he took his innings forward along with Virat Kohli and completed his half-century in 43 balls. Rohit hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli came to bat at number-3, he completed his fifty in 48 balls. He completed his 76th half-century by hitting a powerful six. Rohit and Virat also made a huge partnership of 136 runs in this match. After losing the toss in this match being played in Ranchi, the Indian team was invited to bat first.

Highest fifty in ODI for India

The highest number of fifties in the history of ODI cricket for India is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 96 fifties in his career. At second place is Rahul Dravid, who scored 82 ODI half-centuries and Virat Kohli is at third place in this list with 76 half-centuries. MS Dhoni was fourth with 73 half-centuries and Sourav Ganguly, who was at number-5, scored 71 half-centuries. Now Rohit Sharma has come at number-6 in this list, who now has 60 ODI fifties in his name.

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In the third ODI match, India defeated Australia by 9 wickets. The unbeaten 168-run partnership of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ensured the victory of Team India. After this match, both the senior players of India have once again made the fans emotional by giving hints of retirement. Actually, after the third ODI match played in Sydney, both Rohit and Virat have said goodbye to Australia.

Rohit-Virat’s goodbye

First Rohit Sharma said that he loved coming to Australia and playing. Rohit told that the memories of 2008 are still fresh in his heart, but he does not know whether he will come to play in Australia again or not. This statement of the former Indian captain has become the center of discussion on social media. Fans have started seeing this as a hint of retirement.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli said that he loves coming to Australia and has enjoyed playing here a lot. He also thanked the fans for their support and accepted their greetings by raising his hand. His raising of hand was in the news even after the Adelaide ODI, after which speculations started being made that Virat might not take the field again. But he came into the field and played a strong inning of 74 runs.

Fans became emotional

Fans are giving emotional reactions on social media after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli said goodbye to Australia. Fans are busy sharing everything from heart emojis to crying emojis.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both thanked Australia and the Australian crowd pic.twitter.com/M3YykqlD69

— MR. (@Krish_RC_) October 25, 2025

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both thanked Australia and the Australian crowd.#INDvsAUS @cricbuzz @BCCI @ImRo45 @imVkohli #stop pic.twitter.com/4mMGgNJZXx

— IndianTeamCricket (@sourav18das) October 25, 2025

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma sign off from Australia. pic.twitter.com/sTYhkbmfDn

— lucknow guys (@akhraash) October 25, 2025

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both thanked Australia and the Australian crowd.#stop pic.twitter.com/KTAaymYiNx

— Sahil Makol (@SahilMakol2) October 25, 2025

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The second Test between India and West Indies is to be played in Delhi from October 10. Before that, Indian captain Shubman Gill has talked about the importance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ODI team. Gill said that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have given huge victories to the Indian team and the team needs them. He also praised the leadership of Rohit Sharma.

Let us tell you that Shubman Gill has also become the captain of the Indian ODI team. He will captain Team India in the 3-match ODI series against Australia from 19-25 October.

Shubman Gill spoke on Rohit-Virat

Shubman Gill said, “Rohit Bhai’s calm nature and the way he creates an atmosphere of friendship within the team, I also want to do the same. It will be a big challenge for me to live up to my own expectations. I want to win the ICC Trophy by playing in all formats.”

On the ODI future of Rohit Sharma and Virar Kohli, Shubman Gill said, “Both have won a lot of matches for the Indian team. Very few players have such talent and experience. We need both of them.”

India is ahead 1-0 in the test series

The Indian team had defeated West Indies by a margin of innings and 140 runs in the first Test played in Ahmedabad. In that match, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja scored centuries in the same innings for India. Now the second test will be played in Delhi from tomorrow i.e. 10th October. Before the second Test, head coach Gautam Gambhir hosted a dinner party at his home in Delhi, in which Team India and BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla also attended.

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