Roko—Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli—faced numerous questions about their batting during the Australia tour, which they answered in the final match with an unbeaten partnership and a victory.
SNPNEWS.IN Cricket (Gurmail Kamboj) Senior Indian cricket team players RoKo—Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli—were under scrutiny over their batting on the Australia tour, with various questions being raised. Especially after India’s losses in the first two matches and Virat Kohli’s early dismissals, cricket fans and journalists began discussing Kohli’s batting and even his retirement.
Rohit Sharma had silenced critics with a half-century in the second match of the series. He completed the remaining task in the final match by scoring a century, forging an unbroken 168-run partnership with Virat Kohli, and securing the match for India.
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After winning 2-0 in the series, Australia won the toss at the SC ground and elected to bat first. Australian captain Mitchell Marsh (50 off 41) and Travis Head (25 off 29) put up a 61-run partnership for the first wicket. Contributions from M. Short (41 off 30), M. Renshaw (58 off 56), A. Carey (37 off 24), and C. Connolly (34 off 23) helped Australia post 236 runs before being all out in 46.4 overs. For India, Harshit Rana (8.4-39-4) and Washington Sundar (10-44-2) claimed wickets.
Chasing a target of 237, the Indian team got off to a brilliant start with Rohit Sharma (121* off 125) and Shubman Gill (26 off 24). After losing the first wicket at 69 runs, Australian bowlers struggled but failed to take any further wickets. Virat Kohli, who was facing questions about his batting, delivered a stellar performance, scoring (81* off 74). As a result, India chased down the target in 38.3 overs, losing just 1 wicket to register a victory. For Australia, only J. Hazelwood (6-23-1) managed to take a wicket.