No Better Person Other Than Virat To Chase The Total: Rohit Sharma

The hitman of World cricket Rohit Sharma has played another masterclass against Australia in the third ODI of the series in Bangalore. He played a crucial knock of 119 runs to help India cruise past Australia in the decider of the series. He was adjudged the man of the match for his brilliant knock. Rohit Sharma’s innings included 8 fours and 6 sixes.

Rohit and Virat anchored the Indian innings together. Rohit had a brilliant partnership with Captain Kohli of 137 runs. This was the 18th 100-run stand between the pair. This partnership proved to be the game changer for India.

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Rohit Sharma Opens Up On The Strategy Between Him And Virat Kohli

Speaking in the post-match ceremony Rohit said, “Once KL got out, it needed nobody better than the captain himself. The talk we had in the middle was that one of us wanted to keep going. At no stage, did we want the momentum to go towards the opposition, I was middling the ball well, and I said I would be the one to take the chances. Days like this, if it comes off, it looks good. If we had lost a wicket in the middle, it would have been different.”

Rohit could not do much in the first and the second game of the series. In both the games, the Aussie bowlers go the better of the hitman. Praising the Australian attack after the game, Rohit said, “Australia always comes up with a good bowling attack. Their fast bowlers always challenge you with their variety and skills. The first two games, I was trying to do something different, and it didn’t come off. Today I just wanted to be there, and I was able to stay till 35th, 36th over.”

India won the final ODI of the three-match series against Australia to lift the trophy 2-1. Having won the toss, Australia batted first. Indian bowlers did an excellent job to restrict the Kangaroos to 286-9. Steve Smith scored a brilliant century for Australia. For India, Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers as he clinched four crucial wickets.

Chasing the total, India suffered a major blow as opener Shikhar Dhawan sustained injury while fielding in the first innings. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma opened for India and gave them a solid 69 run partnership for the first wicket. After, Rahul’s dismissal, Rohit and Captain Kohli sailed past the Australian bowling. Rohit Sharma got out after scoring a brilliant century. Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer made sure that India went past the finishing line and win the match and the series.

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