INDORE: Veteran Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the sixth Indian to play 100 ODI matches at home. Sharma achieved this milestone during the third and final ODI against New Zealand at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Sharma joined the elite list of Indian cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar (164), Virat Kohli (130), MS Dhoni (127), Mohammad Azharuddin (127), and Yuvraj Singh (108), who have played the most ODI matches for India at home.
During the third ODI, Sharma had a dismal outing with the bat, scoring 11 runs off 13 balls, including two fours, while chasing a competitive target of 338 runs. Overall, Sharma had a poor outing in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The veteran opener scored 61 runs in three innings at a poor average of 20.33. Sharma failed to register a fifty in the series.
The three-match ODI series is levelled 1-1, with India winning the first and New Zealand clinching the second.
Briefscore: New Zealand 337/8 in 50 overs (Daryl Mitchell 137, Glenn Phillips 106; Arshdeep Singh 3/63, Harshit Rana 3/84) vs India.