Australia 286-9 in final match of series in BengaluruAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 2.01pm GMT 26th over: India 135-1 (Rohit 86, Kohli 23) Target 287. Zampa drops short for the first time in his spell and Rohit takes full advantage, launching him 30 rows back into the stand for SIX! Sure enough, he’s right back where he needs to be after that blip, giving up just one other single. The leggie has four left… bowl them straight?“Scientific research might credit the pleasure we derive from elegance to geometry or genes,” writes Abhijato Sensarma on The Hitman, “but there is something too fundamentally emotional in nature about elegance to ever describe in numbers or confine to a definition. Rohit Sharma is my favourite cricketer, even when Kohli bats at the other end. Something about his batting, his leadership, and his aura energises me in a way nothing else ever has. When he is on song, he leaves me in awe; his translation of talent to success an inspiration; the front-foot pull from the willow he wields is the greatest shot in the history of the game. Cheers, Rohit, you are the best for me, and always will be.” Ahh, the passion! Go well, young man. 1.58pm GMT 25th over: India 128-1 (Rohit 80, Kohli 22) Target 287. Starc is too full and too wide and Rohit is too good to miss out, hammering him out past point to start the over. He reverts to a shorter line at Kohli, beating his edge with one of those. The captain keeps the strike with a steer to third man. Good recovery from Starc. Surely one of the IPL franchises are going to pick up Adam Zampa sooner than later. #INDvAUS Continue reading…
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