Saralnama, Rohit Sharma played his 500th international cricket match for India against Australia in Perth. He scored 8 runs before getting out. Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck, his 39th in international cricket. Mitchell Starc became the second bowler to dismiss Kohli for zero twice. India lost the toss for the 16th consecutive ODI. The match was interrupted by rain four times during India's innings. Australia won by 7 wickets in the 26-over game. Shubman Gill captained India for the first time in ODIs. Three players made their ODI debuts: Nithish Kumar Reddy for India, and Mitchell Owen and Matt Renshaw for Australia. Mohammed Siraj's bouncer broke Marsh's helmet, and he later saved a six with a spectacular leap at the boundary. (Updated 19 Oct 2025, 18:54 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- On 15 Oct 2023, Rohit Sharma played his 500th international cricket match for India against Australia in Perth
- He scored 8 runs before getting out
- Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck, his 39th in international cricket