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#2 Consistent Rohit Sharma trusts natural game

Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 119 as India beat Australia in the final ODI to win the series 2-1

Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma has stated that he trusted his instincts in the final match of the series as he went about his business nonchalantly to score his 29th ODI hundred.

Sharma scored 119 runs and added crucial runs with captain Virat Kohli (89) to put India on track in their pursuit of Australia's 287 runs in the decider. Sharma showed the right amount of aggression and calm to craft yet another ODI ton and walk away with the man-of-the-match award.

In the post-match press conference, he said:

"On days like this, if it comes off, it looks good."

"The first two games, I was trying to do something different, and it didn't come off. Today, I just wanted to be there, and I was able to stay till 35th or 36th over."

"It was an important game, the decider, and we wanted to come out and enjoy ourselves. To keep that Australian batting under 290 was a great effort. Once KL got out, it needed nobody better than the captain himself."

"The talk we had in the middle was that one of us wanted to keep going. At no stage, did we want the momentum to go towards the opposition. I was middling the ball well, and I said I would be the one to take the chances."

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