He also shared a crucial 168-run partnership with Virat Kohli, who scored an unbeaten 74 to chase down 237. Rohit, who now holds the record for the most ODI centuries by a visiting batter in Australia (six hundreds), was also awarded the \u2018Impact Player of the Match\u2019 medal by strength and conditioning coach Adrian Le Roux in the dressing room.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe spoke about turning up, wanting to do something special and we want to be respectful, friendly, and I thought we did everything, ticked all the boxes. Specially to start with, I thought the bowlers were outstanding. The kind of start Australia had, 63 for no loss after 10 overs, and from there to restricting them to 237 was an outstanding effort.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSpecial mention to Harshit, that was an outstanding spell. What I want to say is stay humble, stay grounded and keep working hard. It's just the start and not the end. Then with the bat, I thought that the partnership between Shubman and Rohit was very important, and that between Rohit and Virat was again outstanding.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe spoke about turning up, wanting to do something special and we want to be respectful, friendly, and I thought we did everything, ticked all the boxes. Specially to start with, I thought the bowlers were outstanding. The kind of start Australia had, 63 for no loss after 10 overs, and from there to restricting them to 237 was an outstanding effort.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Rohit and Virat now back home after concluding the ODI leg of the Australia tour, Gambhir\u2019s focus will shift to coaching India in the upcoming T20I series starting on October 29 at Manuka Oval in Canberra. India will also travel to Melbourne, Hobart, Gold Coast, and Brisbane for subsequent T20Is against Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n