Virat Kohli’s knock of 123 went in vain as India failed to defeat Australia in the third ODI while chasing a massive 314 runs in Ranchi. Kohli played with his full potential but the batting collapse led the match to Aussie’s favour, who emerged winners in the end by 32 runs. Here is a look at several statistics from the match.
Also read: India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Australia beat India by 32 runs, Kohli’s magnificent ton in vain
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Aussie skipper Aaron Finch, who scored 93 runs off 99 balls, recorded 1000 international runs as captain.
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Usman Khawaja hit his first century in ODIs. His previous best score in ODI was 98.
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Rohit Sharma has now hit 350 sixes in international cricket. He is only the second Indian to do so after MS Dhoni.
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MS Dhoni (217) went past Rohit Sharma’s record (216) of most number of sixes in ODIs.
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Virat Kohli scored 4000 ODI runs as skipper in just 63 innings, the fewest by any captain.
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Moreover, Kohli became the 12th ODI skipper to score 4000 ODI runs. He is also the fourth Indian after MS Dhoni (6641), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239) and Sourav Ganguly (5104) to reach the milestone.
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Kohli has eight tons against Australia in ODIs, which is joint second most by a player against an opposition in ODI. Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with nine centuries.
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Kohli’s batting average of 60.09 in ODI cricket is the second highest for a player with minimum 100 ODI innings.
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Australia hit a total of 300+ runs for 100th time in ODIs. Only India (106) leads Australia in 300+ totals.