[Watch] Virat Kohli hilariously celebrates his first run in Sydney after two ducks in IND vs AUS series, receives loud cheers from SCG crowd

Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the third IND vs AUS ODI.

Indian batter Virat Kohli broke his streak of consecutive ducks in the third ODI between Indian Cricket Team and Australian Cricket Team on Saturday, October 25. The right-hander played a brilliant knock with the bat in the deab-rubber clash at the Sydney Cricket Stadium in Sydney.

Virat Kohli, who returned to the Indian setup after seven months, didn’t have a great start to the series as he bagged ducks in the first two games in Perth and Adelaide, achieving the unwanted feat for the first time in his ODI career. But he made sure that, he ends the series on a high as he looked focussed, making sure that crowd at SCG get their money worth.

Indian captain Shubman Gill lost the toss for a third consecutive time in the series as India were asked to field. They had a great outing with the ball, bundling out the Australian side for 236 runs on the back of a four-wicket haul by Harshit Rana.

Watch: Virat Kohli celebrates his first run in Sydney ODI; Crowd cheer from the stands

In the chase, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Gill etched an opening stand of 69 runs. But the wicket of Gill in the 11th over made the crowd go berserk as Virat Kohli came to bat and received a standing ovation at Sydney Cricket Ground.

On his very first delivery, he played a shot towards mid-wicket and sneaked a single. After completing his run, he celebrated by punching his fist in the air, and spectators at Sydney Cricket Stadium cheered to support him.

Meanwhile, Kohli made a fabulous comeback in the third ODI at Sydney, smacking an unbeaten 74 runs off 81 deliveries, hitting seven boundaries in the process. With Rohit Sharma, he etched a stand of 168 runs for the second wicket, driving the team to victory by nine wickets.

Rohit, who slammed an unbeaten century in the clash, was adjudged Player of the Match and also claimed the Player of the Series award by finishing as the leading run-scorer in the series. Australia won the three-match series 2-1 after winning the first two games by seven wickets and two wickets respectively.

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