Former India captain Virat Kohli notched up his sixty fifth ODI half-century however the knock went in useless as India suffered a 21-run loss within the third and last ODI towards Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Kohli’s dismissal to Ashton Agar after scoring his fifty triggered a dramatic collapse as India lose the final six wickets for 79 runs to lose the ODI collection 2-1 as properly.
In the twenty first over of the 270-run chase, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who shared the brand new ball with Mitchell Starc, received shoulder-barged by Kohli, who them went on to bump chests whereas finishing a single. Kohli rotated with a usually intense look on his face, his gaze following Stoinis as he walked away with a playful smile on his face.
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Meanwhile, captain Rohit Sharma backed his crew’s attacking strategy regardless of the ODI collection loss towards Australia and promised that his aspect will proceed to assault in any respect prices. “We have always talked about fearless cricket. If someone feels they can take the bowlers on, we have given them complete freedom to do that,” captain Rohit Sharma mentioned after the loss.
“While doing that, there is a big possibility that they might not be able to achieve what they want to achieve, which is fair, and fine by us. You will learn from that. We will definitely not judge based on a couple of poor shots. All these guys have lots of potential, they can play these shots whenever they want and we want to keep encouraging them to go out there and do it often,” he added.
Australian spinner Ashton Agar turned the match round for his aspect, claiming the wickets of Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav off successive deliveries in his last over.
“He only played three balls in three (games) this series, so I don’t know how much to look into it. He got three good balls, to be honest. Today, it wasn’t that good ball; he should have gone forward. He knows best. He plays spin so well. We have seen that over the last couple of years,” Rohit famous.
