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Rohit Sharma joins Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina to 1000-run club

Rohit Sharma completed the 1,000 runs in T20I during the third and final T20I between India and Australia at Sydney.

Rohit Sharma brought up the 1,000 milestone in 47 games, along with a strike-rate of 129.50 © Getty Images
Rohit Sharma brought up the 1,000 milestone in 47 games, along with a strike-rate of 129.50 © Getty Images

India’s opening batsman, Rohit Sharma joined the likes of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina, as he completed the 1,000 runs in T20I during the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday. He brought up the milestone in 47 games, along with a strike-rate of 129.50, with his highest score being 106. He is also on his way to score his ninth T20I half-century and would be a proud moment for him acheiving the milestone of he manages to steer India to a win here. Currently, India are 112 for the loss of a wicket in 11 overs with openers Rohit Sharma on 45 and Virat Kohli for 35. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Australia, 3rd T20I at Sydney 

Earlier, Australia’s stand-in skipper Shane Watson won the toss and elected to bat first as he made a mammoth five-changes in the sqaud from the previous T20I defeat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday. He scored a blistering 124 as Australia finished on a challenging total of 197 for the loss of five wickets. He rested Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Cameron Bancroft (debutante), Shaun Tait and Cameron Boyce come into the side for Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Nathan Lyon and John Hastings. While Indian skipper MS Dhoni moved in with an unchnged squad from the win as they want to stick to the right and winning combionation for quite sometime and not disturb the momentum. FULL CRICKET UPDATES: India vs Australia 2015-16, 3rd T20I at Sydney

India and Australia will lock horns for the final time in this tour when they play the third Twenty20 International (T20I) at Sydney on Sunday. It is the final match of their ongoing three-match T20I series and having won the first two matches, India sealed have already sealed the series.

Player Year M I NO R HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Virat Kohli 2010-2016 33 31 8 1199 90* 52.13 877 136.71 0 11 0 123 27
Suresh Raina 2006-2016 49 42 10 1024 101 32 765 133.85 1 3 1 92 37
Rohit Sharma 2007-2016 47 40 12 1002 106 35.78 775 129.29 1 8 1 88 36
Yuvraj Singh 2007-2016 43 37 6 968 77* 31.22 669 144.69 0 8 0 61 63
Gautam Gambhir 2007-2012 37 36 2 932 75 27.41 783 119.02 0 7 2 109 10

India defeated Australia by 27 runs in the second T20I at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday and with that MS Dhoni’s men ensured that they return home with a trophy.

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