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<\/div>\nKL Rahul (L) and Rohit Sharma with the trophy\u00a9 X (formerly Twitter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma<\/a> asked KL Rahul<\/a> to collect the trophy after the ODI series against Australia as the wicket-keeper batter led the side in the first two games. Rohit was rested for the first two matches and he made a return for the third one in Rajkot. India went down fighting in the match on Wednesday but were able to clinch the series 2-1 thanks to wins in Mohali and Indore. It was a heartwarming gesture from Rohit and the video of the incident went viral on social media.<\/p>\n Australia saved their best for the last as Indian middle-order wilted under pressure exerted by part-time off-spin of Glenn Maxwell<\/a>, losing the third ODI by 66 runs.<\/p>\n India however won the series 2-1.<\/p>\n Captain @ImRo45<\/a> & @klrahul<\/a> collect the @IDFCFIRSTBank<\/a> Trophy as #TeamIndia<\/a> win the ODI series\u00a0#INDvAUS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/k3JiTMiVGJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) September 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n “I’m pretty happy, of course, I would like to go all the way along but if I’m hitting like that I’m happy. The last 7-8 ODIs we have played really well, we have been challenged under different conditions and different teams, I thought we responded to that challenge pretty well. Unfortunately not the result we wanted today,” Rohit said after the match.<\/p>\n India were cruising along at 171 for 2 chasing a stiff target of 353 on a placid track but the middle-order crumbled in chase with Maxwell (4\/40) getting crucial breakthroughs to restrict the hosts to 286 in 49.4 overs.<\/p>\n Skipper Rohit Sharma (81) and Kohli struck fifties to provide the middle-order with a perfect platform in the big chase, but the rest floundered to hand Australia the advantage.<\/p>\n Earlier, Mitchell Marsh<\/a> (96) headlined Australia’s best batting show with David Warner<\/a>, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne<\/a> helping themselves to attacking half-centuries during a commanding performance to break a five-ODI losing streak.<\/p>\n The two teams will now play a couple of warm-up games before meeting again in 10 days’ time for the tournament-opener in Chennai on October 8.<\/p>\n (With PTI inputs)<\/p>\n Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n