A love story that began with an unbeaten 70-run knock versus Sri Lanka in the Commonwealth Bank Series 2008 culminated with a cracking 121* in the third ODI of the India tour of Australia 2025. 💙

Favourite hunting ground among ‘em all? The iconic Sydney Cricket Ground! 

Throughout his storied international career, Rohit has been simply sensational while playing in Australia, collecting runs across formats and venues to leave every opposition spellbound. 

Needless to say, this 🤩 journey feels personal in more ways than one. Every time he steps on the field, one can sense a RO special coming COME. WHAT. MAY.

…And what was, potentially, his final appearance in the country, Sharmaji simply played an innings that made every Rohit-paglu out there go 🤌

An unbeaten 121*, taking the Aussies bowlers to cleaners thanks to 13 fours and three maximums, helped India win the encounter by nine wickets.

In the post-match presentation, our Hitman revealed how much it means playing in Australia while thanking the fans for all the love and support.

“I’ve always loved coming here and enjoyed playing cricket at this venue [in Sydney]. Brought back nice memories of 2008 [from his first tour of Australia], it was fun… I've enjoyed every bit. Forget about what happened in the last 15 years, I've always loved playing here, I think it'll be the same for Virat as well. Thank you Australia.”

“When you come to places like this, you want to challenge yourself as a batter, as a player. And that is what I expected. I never thought for one second that it is going to be easy. I love doing what I do. And I hope I continue to do that,” he concluded.

On that note, let’s have a look at his 50+ scores in Australia