IND vs AUS: Rohit Sharma joins Virat Kohli in elite list, 8th Indian to achieve this feat

Ind vs Aus: Rohit Sharma through his quick-fire 30 off 17 balls in 3rd ODI against Australia has breached threshold of a milestone. Indian captain who opened Indian innings along with Shubaman Gill gave India a good start and in process entered a list where elites like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, etc. and teammate Virat Kohli are also re. Sharma, who took attack to Aussie bowlers failed to capitalise on start as India on day were beaten by 21 runs.

On Wednesday, Indian captain Rohit Sharma joined an elite list of individuals as he became 8th batsman from country to complete 10,000 international runs in Asia. Rohit is in company of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli. 

While it was a record-setting day for him but as leader of side he did t get outcome required. India lost match and in turn, lost 3-match series 1-2 against Australia. This was India's first series loss at home after 2019. 

India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Match Summary

After winning toss, Steve Smith decided to bat first. Australia got off to a good start as openers Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh laid a solid foundation at top. pair added 68 runs before Head held out playing an upper cut to Hardik Pandya. Head's wicket brought captain Smith on crease, who got out without troubling scoreboard. n Marsh also fell and Australia suddenly were in a spot of bor. returning David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne started recovery but at score of 125 Kuldeep Yadav removed Warner. wickets continued to fall at regular intervals but Australia's lower order comprising of Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, and Ashton Agar, all chipped in to give India a target of 270.

Much like Australia, India also got to a good start, openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma fired at top to take India past 50 quickly. India lost first wicket in form of Rohit Sharma at score of 65. After a dozen more to total, Gill also got out. At 77 for 2 Virat Kohli and KL Rahul got toger. two added 69 for fourth wicket before KL Rahul got dismissed. After Rahul's wicket, India lost its way and were reeling at 185 for 6 when Suryakumar Yadav got out to a third successive golden duck. partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya was threatening to take game away from Australia but Zampa removed both of m. In end, India bundled out at 248, losing by 21 runs. Adam Zampa became player of match for his incredible bowling spell of 4 for 48.