IND – 237-1 (38.3)

Player of the Match – Rohit Sharma

Player of the Series – Rohit Sharma

India once again lost the toss. India lost the last 18 tosses. This time, Australia chose to bat first.

Australia starts quite well. Mitchell Marsh and Head gave a comfortable start, but then Siraj took Head’s wicket. Head scored 29 runs. Axar bowled out the Australian captain with a strict line and length. Marsh scored 41 runs.

Mathew Short and Renshaw built a partnership. Short got out on Washington’s ball. Short scored 30 runs. Renshaw hit a fifty and was trying to increase the scoring got LBW by Washington. Alex Carey scored 24 runs and got out on Harshit Rana’s ball, but all credit goes to Shreyas Iyer for this wicket. Iyer took an amazing catch running backwards. 

Harshit Rana showed his flair today with his hit-the-deck bowling, taking 4 wickets. Washington got 2, and Prasidh, Kuldeep, Siraj, and Axar picked 1 wicket each.

India’s start was also good, and both the openers looked good while batting. But Josh Hazlewood, with his test match line-length, got the Indian captain’s wicket. Gill scored 24 runs.

Ro-Ko ends all the discussion and noise. Both looked so comfortable while batting. Rohit scored 121 runs in 125 balls, and chase master Virat Kohli scored 74 runs in 81 balls. Ro-Ko gave fans a happy moment in the last ODI. India won by 9 wickets.