Rohit Sharma celebrates withVirat Kohli after hitting six runs off the bowling of Australia's Adam Zampa.
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India defeated Australia by nine wickets in the third ODI in Sydney. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli stole the show with a ton and half-century, respectively.
After winning the toss, Australia batted first and set a target of 237, which the men in blue comfortably chased down.
Australia won the series 2-1.
Rohit was all fluency and wholehearted shot-making, and Kohli resembled a mathematician solving a puzzle with meticulousness.
Rohit brought up his fifty soon in 63 balls and the next 50 flowed in 42 balls as the Mumbai man batted with panache and aggression in equal measure.
Kohli, who made his fifty off 56 balls, soon had his old mate a tight embrace as Rohit went past his 33rd ODI hundred in 105 balls.
Before the two old boys went about their business in their respective ways, the Indian bowlers led by Rana (4/39) limited the Aussies to a sub-par total.
Australia’s struggle was largely because Rana, who generated good pace and bounce off a fresh SCG turf, and spinners choked the home batters in the middle overs with splendid spells.
(With PTI inputs)