- By Namrata Vijay
- Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:36 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs AUS 3rd ODI: India will face Australia for the third ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. India's star batter Virat Kohli, who was dismissed on duck twice, will try to make a comeback on Saturday and help the visitors win the match.
Kohli, who is one of the best batters of this format, has featured in 7 ODIs in Sydney, where he has scored 146 runs. He has batted at an average of 24.33 here and has smashed just one fifty at this venue.
He also scored 89 runs against Australia way back in November 2020.
Virat Kohli’s ODI scores at Sydney Cricket Ground
| RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | DATE |
| 21* | 27 | 2/0 | Australia | February 26, 2012 |
| 3 | 9 | 0/0 | Australia | January 26, 2015 |
| 1 | 13 | 0/0 | Australia | March 23, 2015 |
| 8 | 11 | 1/0 | Australia | January 23, 2016 |
| 3 | 8 | 0/0 | Australia | January 12, 2019 |
| 21 | 21 | 2/1 | Australia | November 27, 2020 |
| 89 | 87 | 7/2 | Australia | November 29, 2020 |
He is all set to play his last match for Australia on Saturday and can break lots of batting records in the third match. If he can score at least 54 runs, then he will surpass Kumar Sangakkara and become the second-highest run scorer.
Sangakkara has played in 404 ODIs, where he has scored 14,234 runs, and at the same time, Kohli has scored 14,181 runs after playing in 304 ODIs till now.
At the same time, he can also break Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring the most runs in this format.
In his 24-year-long career, Tendulkar has featured in 463 ODIs and 1 T20I, where he has scored 18436 runs.
At the same time, Kohli has scored 18369 runs after playing in 428 matches. He ended his T20I career after scoring 4188 runs by playing in 125 matches, and has scored 14181 runs after playing in 303 ODI matches.
If Kohli does score 68 runs, then he will surpass Tendulkar's record and become the table topper.
What is Rohit Sharma’s ODI record at SCG?
Rohit Sharma, who scored 73 runs off 97 balls in the 2nd ODI against Australia, has played in five ODIs in Sydney, where he has scored 333 runs at an average of 66.67, and he has had one ton and two half-centuries.
Rohit’s ODI scores at Sydney Cricket Ground
| RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | DATE |
| 1 | 3 | 0/0 | Australia | February 24, 2008 |
| 66 | 87 | 6/0 | Australia | March 2, 2008 |
| 34 | 48 | 1/2 | Australia | March 26, 2015 |
| 99 | 108 | 9/1 | Australia | January 23, 2016 |
| 133 | 129 | 10/6 | Australia | January 12, 2019 |
At the same time, India skipper Shubman Gill will be playing his first ODI in Sydney.