Rohit-Virat ODI record: India defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the third ODI played in Sydney. In the last match of the series, the bats of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli performed well and 5 big records were made. Rohit scored a century.
India vs Australia 3rd ODI: In the third ODI, Team India defeated Australia by 9 wickets. Indian batsmen achieved the target of 237 runs in Sydney in just 38.4 overs. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma once again created chaos with the bat by playing unbeaten innings. Rohit played a century inning of 125 runs, while King Virat also contributed 74* runs. Both the batsmen remained at the crease till the end and set 5 new records. Let’s take a look at those records…
Virat becomes the batsman who scored the most runs in ODI+T20i
Virat Kohli has set a new record by playing an unbeaten inning of 74 runs against Australia in Sydney. He has now become the world’s number one batsman with the most runs in ODI and T20 International. He has 18443 runs in his name. In this matter, he has broken the big record of Lord of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored 18,436 runs in both formats.
Highest combined partnership of 150+ in ODI
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have created another new record in ODI cricket. Together they made a partnership of 168* runs in the third ODI. With this, he has become the first combined batsman to have a partnership of more than 150 runs in ODI history across the world. Together, both of them have achieved this feat 12 times. Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar also made partnerships of 150+ runs in ODIs the same number of times.
More centuries as an opener in all formats against Australia
Rohit Sharma has come second in terms of scoring the most centuries as an opener in all three formats against Australia. A total of 10 centuries have been recorded in his name. In this matter, he left behind former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who had 9 centuries to his name till now. At the same time, at number one, Desmond Hynes of West Indies and Jack Hobbs of England have scored 11 centuries each.
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Rohit is the third batsman with most centuries as an opener in all formats.
After scoring a century in Sydney, Rohit Sharma has become the third batsman in the world to score most centuries as an opener. A total of 45 centuries have been registered in his name and he has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar. At present, Australia’s David Warner is at number one, who has 49 centuries in his name.
Rohit has scored the most ODI centuries against Australia.
Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has become the combined number one batsman to score most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia. In this matter he has equaled Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Both have recorded 9 centuries each. Whereas Virat Kohli has a total of 8 centuries in his name against Australia.
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