- 2nd ODI (Australia’s tour of India at Jaipur, 2013)
The series between India and Australia in 2013 broke numerous records, as batsmen took the toll on the bowlers for the entire series.
The series saw Rohit Sharma scoring his first double century, Kohli scoring the fastest century by an Indian in ODI’s and also the highest runs scored in a bilateral series. In the second ODI played in Jaipur, India chased down 360 runs, making it the second highest run-chase in ODI’s. Australia scored 359/5 in their 50 overs, with their top five batsmen scoring a fifty, a feat which no team had achieved before.
Indian top three; Dhawan, Sharma and Kohli smashed the Australian bowlers all over the park reaching the total in just 43.3 overs. Dhawan got out on 95 runs, but Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were in no mood to spare the Australian bowling lineup led by Mitchell Johnson.
Kohli scored the fastest century by an Indian batsman in 52 balls in the match to take India over the line. Rohit also scored 141* in the game. Rohit also finished the series as the top scorer with 491 runs in five contested matches.