In fact, Babar Azam scored 360 runs against the West Indies in 2016, scoring a century in three consecutive matches. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored 283 runs while playing 3 matches in the recently concluded series against Sri Lanka. Kohli had surpassed his own record of 263 against New Zealand in 2017. On the other hand, Shubman Gill is almost confirmed to be Rohit Sharma’s opening partner in ODI World Cup 2023.
Opening with Rohit Sharma, Gill shared an impressive 212-run partnership for the first wicket in the third ODI. This was the highest opening partnership for India in any ODI against New Zealand at the historic Holkar Stadium in Indore. Earlier, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir shared a 201-run partnership in 2009. While Rohit scored his 30th century of ODI career in the match, Gill also completed his century only after 3 balls. This young opener is in amazing form. In the last 4 matches, he has scored 3 centuries including a double century.
Talking about the match, the Indian team, while continuing their unbeaten campaign, defeated New Zealand by 90 runs in the third match of the three ODI series. Along with the clean sweep in the series, Team India also reached the top of the ICC ODI rankings. In the match played at Indore’s Holkar Stadium, India scored a mammoth score of 385 for nine with the brilliant partnership of Player of the Series Shubman Gill and Captain Rohit Sharma. In reply, New Zealand were bowled out for 295 in 41.2 overs despite Devon Conway’s 138 (100 balls, 12 fours, 8 sixes). Along with this, India also maintained its unbeaten record on this ground.
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Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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