In the third and last ODI between India and Australia, opener Rohit Sharma hitted an unbeaten century while Virat Kohli made a fighting half-century as India defeated Australia by nine wickets. On the bowling side, pacer Harshit Rana seized four wickets India lost the series 1-2.
With the support of superb bowling figures of 4/39 of Harshit Rana to dismiss Australia for 236 in 46.4 overs and Rohit hit an unbeaten 125-ball 121 to make it a one-sided competition.
Rohit Sharma shared a essential 69-run partnerships with skipper Shubman Gill (24) for the opening wicket before joining forces with Virat Kohli (74 not out off 81 balls) for unbroken 168-run stand as Team India chased down the required target in 38.3 overs.
In the third and last ODI, pacer Harshit Rana seized four wickets and spinner Washington Sundar two as team India dismissed Australia for 236 in 46.4 overs.
After Mohammed Siraj (1/24) and Axar Patel (1/18), Sundar (2/44) dismissed Matthew Short (30 off 41 balls) and Matt Renshaw (56 off 58 balls) had shown the way by getting wickets of openers Travis Head (29 runs) and Mitchell Marsh (41 runs) respectively.
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Earlier, Captain of India Shubman Gill brought in wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna instead of pacer Arshdeep Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
India lost in Perth and Adelaide and are 0-2 down in the three-match ODI series.
Captain of Australia Mitchell Marsh told during the toss “We are gonna bat first. Seems like a really nice wicket. It’s going to be a beautiful day here at the SCG. The way the young guys stoop up towards the back end, it’s great signs for our team. Today’s a great opportunity to go 3-0 up in the series. Cooper is a calm character and he played terrifically last game. Nathan Ellis is back in for Xavier Bartlett,”
Due to a left quadriceps injury, Reddy missed the third ODI.
India skipper Shubman Gill told “We would have bowled first. Have a target on the total and then try to chase down, I think we got what we wanted. We had just enough runs (in the last game) on the board and a couple of chances coming our way which we couldn’t take. That happens in the game of cricket, you’ve got to take your chances. The game was going on pretty even till about the 40th over. In the end, they played well. Hopefully this game is going to be a good one for us. Two changes, Kuldeep and Prasidh come in for Arshdeep and Reddy,”
