ROHIT -KOHLI- ROUND : AUSTRALIAN FAREWELL HONOURS

SYDNEY : Rohit and Kohli bid likely farewell to Australia. Rohit Sharma hit a century and Virat Kohli a bright 74 to drive India to a nine-wicket win in the third One-day International on Saturday, sending fans home happy after what are likely to be their final appearances in Australia in their country's colours.

Australia secured series honours with victories in the first two matches' in Perth and Adelaide but India'sbowlers skittled the home side for 236 and the two former skippers got the tourists over the line with a partnership of 168 runs.

'' I've always loved coming here ......  and a nice way to finish getting that knock and getting that win as well,'' said Rohit.

'' I don't know if we'll be coming back to Australia, but it was fun all these years that we played here. A lot of good memories, bad memories. But all in all, I'll take the cricket that I played here.

Kohli, the second-highest run scorer in ODIs behind Sachin Tendulkar, came out to join Sharma at the crease to a frenzied ovation from a big crowd that made the Sydney Cricket Ground feel more like it was located in New Delhi than New South Wales.

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