India Vs Australia 2019: Top 3 T20I knocks by Rohit Sharma Vs Australia

#2 His 60 at Melbourne in 2016

Rohit and Dhawan - The most feared opening pair in the world

This was the second match of the three-match T20I series during India’s tour of Australia in 2016. In the five-match ODI series prior to the T20I series, Rohit had scores of 171 not out,124, 6, 41 and 99. However, India, unfortunately, lost the ODI series by a margin of 4-1.

In the T20I series that followed the ODI series, India began the series with a 37 run win in the first match at Adelaide. Rohit Sharma scored 31 off 20 balls in that match.

In the second match too, the Australian Captain Aaron Finch once again won the toss and decided to bowl. That suited India perfectly well and that was the opening the Indians were looking for. As always, Rohit was slow to start, scoring 1 off 10 balls. Dhawan at the other end was showing all the belligerence in the powerplay overs.

The introduction of James Faulkner in the fifth over of the innings opened up the hitman. With lovely flicks and straight drives, Rohit Sharma hit 3 fours off Faulkner in his first over. He feasted on the spin bowling of Nathan Lyon and Glenn Maxwell by clouting them for a maximum each. Rohit added 97 runs with Dhawan and reached his 50 off 38 balls.

Rohit was looking dangerous when his innings was unexpectedly cut short when he had a misunderstanding with Virat Kohli. Rohit was run out for 60 off 47 balls. Whenever there was a misunderstanding between Rohit and Kohli in running between the wickets, the survivor invariably went on to score big. In this match, Kohli made 59 off 33 balls and India posted 184 for 3 in 20 overs.

India won the T20I by 27 runs and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.