New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: Team India opening batsman and vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday slammed his 29th century in ODI cricket while representing India in the third fixture against Australia held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. he scored 100 unbeaten runs off just 110 deliveries with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes. It was his eight hundred versus Australia. He is just one hundred away from equalling the record of nine centuries each against Australia in the ODIs. Earlier in the match, he went past 9,000 runs in ODI cricket. The right-handed batsmen who failed to score big in the first two ODIs, came with a made up mind to dominate Aussies from ball one.
In his 90s, Rohit also proved his agility by sharp running between the wickets. The cricketer made a dive to prevent run out and got appreciation from the skipper Virat Kohli.
In the match, Aussies won the toss and chose to bat first. Steve Smith's heroics (131 off 132 balls) and youngster Marnus LAauschagne's maiden fifty helped Aussies pile 286/9 in 50 overs. For India, Mohammad Shami shined with bowl, he scalped four wickets while all-rounder Ravidra Jadeja also picked two wickets.