Gautam Gambhir’s one-word response on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s ‘Sydney carnage’ breaks the internet | Cricket News
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir had just a “one-word” response to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 168-run stand for the second wicket in the third ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).Rohit led the charge for India, chasing 237 with an unbeaten 121 and anchoring the innings with characteristic ease, while sharing an unbroken 168-run stand with Virat Kohli, who scored a fluent 74 not out, as the duo guided India home in style.
Rohit and Shubman Gill had a 69-run opening stand before Josh Hazlewood found a faint edge to dismiss the Indian opener. From there, Rohit was near-flawless en route to his 33rd ODI century, striking 13 boundaries and three sixes in a commanding unbeaten 121.“With the bat, I thought the partnership between Shubman and Rohit was very, very important during those 60 for no loss,” coach Gambhir said in a video posted on BCCI.tv.“And then the partnership between Rohit and Virat was outstanding — very clinical as well.Click here to watch Gautam Gambhir’s fiery dressing room speech.“And special mention to Ro — another 100, outstanding, and most importantly, you finished it off, and Virat as well.“I thought that was something very important from the team’s point of view — how clinical we can be in these chases, and we were very good,” said Gambhir.After hitting a match-winning 121 in India’s nine-wicket win over Australia in the third ODI, senior opener Rohit Sharma said his intention was to bat as deep as possible and take the game till the end.
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“I enjoy playing in Australia in general. This was the perfect day again to get a big one and get the team through. We had the opportunity — the bowlers did a fantastic job of restricting them first up. With that score, I thought they were a little under par. Credit has to go to the bowlers for the way they bowled.”“Once we started to bat, obviously upfront with the two new balls, it was a bit challenging. The pitch was slightly misbehaving at the start, and we knew once the shine of the ball was off, it would get a little easier. So that was the plan. I wanted to bat as deep as possible and see how we could take the game till the end,” said Rohit in a video posted on BCCI.tv on Sunday.
