Rohit Sharma News: Rohit Sharma touched a special milestone in the second ODI match being played between India and Australia in Adelaide. He completed 1000 ODI runs against Australia in Australia, becoming the first Indian to do so. In this match, while Shubman Gill was out after scoring 9 runs, Virat Kohli was out for zero, and became the victim of ‘duck’ for the second time in a row. After scoring 8 runs in the last match, Rohit Sharma needed just 2 more runs, and he completed this figure today. With this record, he has become the first Indian to score 1000 ODI runs against Australia on Australian soil. Earlier, even legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly could not achieve this feat.
Sachin and Virat’s record
Sachin Tendulkar scored 740 runs in 25 ODI innings against Australia in Australia, while MS Dhoni scored 684 runs in 20 innings. Virat Kohli also scored 802 runs in 20 innings, although he was out for zero in this match.
Rohit Sharma’s responsibility
Rohit Sharma faced some difficulties in the beginning. He avoided being run out in the third over. But after that he started playing cautiously and got his team out of trouble. After the early dismissals of Gill and Kohli in the 7th over, Rohit Sharma took over the innings along with Shreyas Iyer. In the 19th over, Rohit intensified his batting and hit two brilliant sixes. Before this over, he had scored only 30 runs in 62 balls, but this over brought momentum to his innings.
Playing 11 of India and Australia
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Matt Short, Matt Rashon, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
