Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Guide India to an Epic Victory at SCG.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli created a masterclass in batting to lead India to a resounding nine-wicket victory over Australia in Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday, October 25. The recorded soldiers of the Indian team did not only deprive Australia a clean-up but also reminisced an ODI match that glorified the timing, temperament, and teamwork in a historic fight.

It was an evening that was part of experience as Rohit Sharma hit his 50th international century and Virat Kohli overtook Kumar Sangakkara as the second-highest ODI run-scorer of all time. Their initial collaboration of the century since January 2020 was an indication of the supremacy and strength of India amid stress.

The bowling force established victory before the heroics with the bat in India. The young pacer Harshit Rana took the center stage with a career best 4/39, destroying the middle order in Australia and making sure that they never found the way to get in tune after deciding to put their hands to the bats first.

Mitchell Marsh as captain of Australia chose to bat only only the second time in his 27 ODIs, a strategic move which failed. Following the flying start of the duo in Marsh and Travis Head, who attacked the new-ball triangle of India of Rana, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna, it appeared that the hosts were set to score a high number yet again.

Nevertheless, the breakthrough came courtesy of Siraj in the 10th over where Head was thrown out shortly after he reached 3,000 ODI runs. Ever since India screwed down the nut. Marsh appeared to be in flow with two sharp edges on Kuldeep Yadav, when Axar Patel brought the drinks to a close, hitting the Australian captain squarely with a shot that made a nice angle.

The only spark in the darkness of the Australian team was Matthew Renshaw whose half century debut in the ODI was made. He combined short alliances with Matthew Short and Alex Carey, though the spinners of India took a hand in the action.Washington Sundar and Axar Patel bowled at the same time to choke the rate of scoring and, behind, Short got into his rash sweep, and Virat Kohli was at the short fine leg. Having been once dropped by Krishna, Carey was ultimately taken off courtesy of a gorgeous back-point diving catch by Shreyas Iyer, which turned the tide of the game completely.

The fifty by Renshaw brought in some hope, though Sundar was dismissed through a LBW review, and this resulted in the downfall of the Australian side. Rana and Kuldeep tidied up the lower order and sent Mitch Owen and Mitchell Starc home one after the other. In the 46.4 overs they spent in the field, Australia had collapsed to 236, which was a pathetically low score on good batting ground.

India started with 237 openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill enjoying the PowerPlay flyer along the way making it to 68 without loss. Hazlewood took his time to give the hosts a sliver of hope when he sent Gill home to 35 but his exit invited Virat Kohli to the crease to a rousing reception by the SCG enthusiasts.

Kohli, who had previously been ducked in three consecutive ones in the series, rejoiced in his first run with an ironic smile. A little relief thus became an exercise into class as he fell into a rhythm with Rohit. He was hyped by Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis but Kohli was calmed down again with every ball.

Rohit had the intent and aggression against spin as he got his 60 th ODI fifty by the 21 st over. On umpire call, Nathan Ellis almost run Kohli LBW but the decision was given in favor of India. And thereupon both batters changed the gears.

Rohit gave his trademark shots of pulling and Kohli hit the sublime cover drives that landed accurate shots in the field. They raised their 19 th century stand together, which resonated with the golden era of the Indian ODI dominance.

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Virat Kohli further established his name in the annals of the game of cricket, by passing the ODI record in the history of this sport on the number of runs made by Kumar Sangakkara into the books of history and becoming the second most prolific run-scorer in the history of the game of ODI. Only slightly later, Rohit Sharma raised his 33 rd ODI century and 50 th century in international cricket- establishing himself as one of the greats of our age.

The couple did not merely pursue the sum of the money, but determined the story. The 74 of Kohli was controlled and the 121 hit by Rohit was not taken over as India home came with 69 balls on board. Rohit put the seal on it by swinging a six against Matthew Short and a four against Ellis and Kohli had just given a perfect ending to an extraordinary pursuit with a ramp shot against Ellis.

This game was a more than a series saving victory. It was a recall of why Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are the mainstays of Indian cricket their need to conquer, their skill to stand up when it counted, their respect of each other which to this day leaves a generation to be inspired.

Even though the four-for of Harshit Rana and the witty wizards of Washington Sundar was worthy of the set up the night was by all means of the two icons of India. In a joint venture unity of trust, class and experience, the cricketing world was reminding that despite the transition phase India veterans are still capable of producing masterpieces.

This victory helped India to escape the whitewash, as well as to end the series on an uplifted note, and maintain the momentum before the next T20 series. More to the point, it once again sparked the magic of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, a pair that still helps forever mark the golden age of Indian cricket.

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