A sparkling century by Rohit Sharma and some inspired bowling helped India to a series-clinching seven-wicket win over Australia in the third one-day international on Sunday.
Sharma made 119 and put on a key 137-run second-wicket stand with skipper Virat Kohli, who made 89, as India chased down their target of 287 in 47.3 overs in Bangalore.
The hosts fought back in the series after a 10-wicket drubbing in the opening game to go past the Aaron Finch-led tourists 2-1.
“We lost the last three in the last series (in 2019), and coming back and winning the last two games after losing the first one, is very satisfying,” said Kohli, whose side lost to Australia 2-3 at home last year.
“2020 has been wonderful, and we just want to go onwards and upwards. Great for the team.”
Here’s a look at the big numbers that emerged from the game:
India this season in eight series across all formats (so far): Won 7, Drawn 1#IndvAus #IndvsAus
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 19, 2020
Sachin Tendulkar (49), Virat Kohli (43) and Rohit Sharma (29) have 121 centuries in ODIs between them. That is 41 percent of India's all centuries! #IndvAus
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) January 19, 2020
Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli pair in successful ODI chases:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 20, 2020
Innings - 28
Runs - 2347
Best - 246
Average - 97.79
Run Rate - 6.06
Century Stands - 10
Fifty partnerships - 7
Their partnerships vs AUS - 186*, 11, 99, 54, 76, 137. #INDvAUS
Since June 2017 in ODIs
— JSK (@imjsk27) January 19, 2020
Rohit Sharma
3984 runs @ 65.31 in 70 inns (19*100, 14*50)
Virat Kohli
4037 runs @ 79.15 in 65 inns (16*100, 18*50)
Combined figures
8021 runs @ 71.61 in 135 inns (37*100, 32*50)
Incredible consistency#INDvAUS
Most 50+ scores in ODIs:
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) January 19, 2020
145 - Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
118 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
112 - Ricky Ponting (AUS)
103 - Jacques Kallis (RSA)
100 - Virat Kohli (IND)
Virat Kohli averages 68.86 in ODI run chases and 96.21 in successful ODI run chases#INDvAUS 🇮🇳
7000-plus runs while chasing in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 19, 2020
Virat Kohli (133 innings)*
Sachin Tendulkar (180 innings)#INDvAUS
Virat Kohli today.....
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) January 19, 2020
5000 ODI runs as captain (fastest in 82 innings)
7000 ODI runs in chases (fastest in 133 innings)
100 scores of 50+ in ODIs (fastest in 236 innings)#INDvAus
Rohit Sharma and ODI milestones.... #INDvAUS #Australia pic.twitter.com/2F2JGKkZtj
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) January 19, 2020
Most centuries against a team in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 19, 2020
9 : Virat Kohli v West Indies
9 : Sachin Tendulkar v Australia
8 : Virat Kohli v Australia
8 : Virat Kohli v Sri Lanka
8 : Sachin Tendulkar v Sri Lanka
8 : Rohit Sharma v Australia*#INDvAUS
Rohit Sharma has a SR of 84 in 15 innings in the first 10 overs since Dhawan got injured in WC 2019 (and dismissed every 71 balls).
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) January 19, 2020
In the 2.5 years before that since Jan 2017, he had a SR of 70.13 and got dismissed every 51 balls in the phase.#INDvAUS
Bumrah didn't take any wicket today but his economical spell (38 runs in 10 overs) was an impact performance. He kept AUS behind par total. Bangalore is a high-scoring venue where last three winning totals were 334, 383, 324. Centuries sometimes overshadow performances like this.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) January 19, 2020