Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a bang
India’s opener batsmen Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill made a bang in the third ODI against New Zealand. Rohit and Shubman had a record partnership of 212 runs for the first wicket. India’s first wicket fell in the form of Rohit Sharma who played an innings of 101 runs. In his innings, Rohit faced 85 balls and also hit 9 fours and 6 sixes.
Rohit Sharma equals Ricky Ponting’s record in ODIs
Rohit Sharma scored a century in ODI cricket after 1101 days. With this, he has equaled the record of Australia’s most successful captain Ricky Ponting in ODI cricket. Rohit Sharma has scored his 30th century in ODI cricket. Before Rohit, only Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Virat Kohli (46) are ahead in ODIs.
Shubman also hit a century after Rohit
Not only Rohit, Shubman Gill also played a blistering century for Team India against New Zealand. Rohit scored 112 runs in 78 balls in the match. During this, Shubman also hit 13 fours and 5 excellent sixes.
This was Gill’s third century in four matches.
This is Shubman Gill Gill’s third century in four matches, in which he also did the trick of converting a century into a double century. In this ODI series against New Zealand, Shubman Gill played an inning of 208 runs in the first match for Team India. In its second ODI, Shubman scored an unbeaten 40 runs.
Team India has won the series
Let us tell you that in the third ODI being played in Indore, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, his decision has backfired on him. At the same time, Team India has won the first two matches of the series. In such a situation, the host team would like to clean sweep by winning the last match.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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